A Force More Powerful

A Century of Nonviolent Conflict

By: Peter Ackerman

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Paperback | 5 October 2001 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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"A Force More Powerful challenges a longstanding myth that lies at the heart of much of the turmoil of the 20th century: that power comes from the barrel of a gun; based on convincing detail, Ackerman and Duvall dare to claim that nonviolent movements lead to more secure democracies." --Christian Science Monitor

"A skillful blend of sweeping narrative and tightly focused case studies, the book fills a vacuum in historical studies of the 20th century." --Philadelphia Inquirer

"This throughly researched and highly readable book underlines the contrast between stable democratic societies created by nonviolent movements and tyrannical regimes born of violent revolution. Recommended..." --Library Journal

"...this book is an important documentation of non-violence as an attested historical force." --The Times Higher Education Supplement

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List of Photographs	p. ix
List of Maps	p. xii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Movement to Power
Russia, 1905: The People Strike	p. 13
India: Movement for Self-Rule	p. 61
Poland: Power from Solidarity	p. 113
Resistance to Terror
The Ruhrkampf, 1923: Resisting Invaders	p. 177
Denmark, the Netherlands, the Rosenstrasse: Resisting the Nazis	p. 207
El Salvador, 1944: Removing the General	p. 241
Argentina and Chile: Resisting Repression	p. 267
Campaigns for Rights
The American South: Campaign for Civil Rights	p. 305
South Africa: Campaign against Apartheid	p. 335
The Philippines: Restoring Democracy	p. 369
The Intifada: Campaign for a Homeland	p. 397
China, Eastern Europe, Mongolia: The Democratic Tide	p. 421
Violence and Power
The Mythology of Violence	p. 457
The New World of Power	p. 469
Conclusion: Victory without Violence	p. 493
Notes	p. 507
Index	p. 535
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