Books by Gene Sharp
Waging Nonviolent Struggle
by Gene Sharp
It’s a primer on how to wage a nonviolent struggle. He was deeply influenced by the civil rights movement and unlike a lot of pacifists he’s very smart about strategy
Sharp’s Dictionary of Power and Struggle
by Gene Sharp
It is an A to Z of terminology in non-violent action. Gene feels that sloppy use of terms has contributed to a lack of public understanding of what civil resistance is
Interviews where books by Gene Sharp were recommended
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Sharp’s Dictionary of Power and Struggle
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Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries
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Why Civil Resistance Works
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People Power and Political Change
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The Lady and the Peacock
by Peter Popham
The best books on Civil Resistance, recommended by Sir Adam Roberts
The best books on Civil Resistance, recommended by Sir Adam Roberts
From Tunisia to Tahrir, Moscow to Manhattan, civil resistance is back. The British Academy president, and eminent student of people power, tells us how modern non-violent action began, and where it’s most likely to succeed
The best books on The Roots of Radicalism, recommended by Michael Kazin
History professor and co-editor of Dissent magazine, Michael Kazin, looks back at US leftist movements from abolitionism to Vietnam to see where OWS came from and what it can learn from the past.
