A Force More Powerful A Century of Non-Violent Conflict

by Ackerman, Peter; DuVall, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780312240509
• ISBN10: 0312240503
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-05
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

This nationally-acclaimed book shows how popular movements used nonviolent action to overthrow dictators, obstruct military invaders and secure human rights in country after country, over the past century. Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall depict how nonviolent sanctions-such as protests, strikes and boycotts-separate brutal regimes from their means of control. They tell inside stories-how Danes outmaneuvered the Nazis, Solidarity defeated Polish communism, and mass action removed a Chilean dictator-and also how nonviolent power is changing the world today, from Burma to Serbia.

Author Biography

Peter Ackerman holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Jack Duvall is President of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs	ix
List of Maps	xii
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
PART ONE MOVEMENT TO POWER
Russia, 1905: The People Strike	13	(48)
India: Movement for Self-Rule	61	(52)
Poland: Power from Solidarity	113	(64)
PART TWO RESISTANCE TO TERROR
The Ruhrkampf, 1923: Resisting Invaders	177	(30)
Denmark, the Netherlands, the Rosenstrasse: Resisting the Nazis	207	(34)
El Salvador, 1944: Removing the General	241	(26)
Argentina and Chile: Resisting Repression	267	(38)
PART THREE CAMPAIGNS FOR RIGHTS
The American South: Campaign for Civil Rights	305	(30)
South Africa: Campaign against Apartheid	335	(34)
The Philippines: Restoring Democracy	369	(28)
The Intifada: Campaign for a Homeland	397	(24)
China, Eastern Europe, Mongolia: The Democratic Tide	421	(36)
PART FOUR VIOLENCE AND POWER
The Mythology of Violence	457	(12)
The New World of Power	469	(24)
Conclusion Victory without Violence	493	(14)
Notes	507	(28)
Index	535