ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2000
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

07816) A FORCE MORE POWERFUL a century of nonviolent conflict , Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall , St. Martin Press New York 2000 ,
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.

In this tour de force, Peter Ackerman, an authority on nonviolent strategy, and Jack DuVall, a veteran writer, tell how popular movements have used nonviolent weapons to overthrow dictators, obstruct military invaders, and secure human rights in country after country over the past century.

A gripping narrative of far-flung locations and history-changing crises, A Force More Powerful depicts how nonviolent sanctions-such as strikes, boycotts, and civil disobedience can separate brutal regimes from their means of control. It reveals the inside stories of how ordinary people took extraordinary action and ended oppression, including the Danes` valiant resistance to the Nazis, Solidarity`s defeat of Polish communism, civic action in Chile to remove a military dictator - and how nonviolent power continues to change the world today, from Burma to the Balkans.

Filled with vivid insights about compelling individuals such as Mohandas Gandhi, the young African Americans who sparked the civil rights revolution, Lech Walesa, the mothers of the disappeared in Argentina- the book is a companion to a new PBS series and a feature-length documentary of the same name now at film festivals worldwide. At a time when violent force is still too often chosen as the means of conflict, this book meets a crucial need-by showing how people can achieve freedom and justice without using violence.
engleski jezik, tvrd povez, format 16,5 x 24 cm , zaštitni omot, ilustrovano, 544 strane