A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-Violent Conflict

Peter Ackerman, Jack DuVall

Palgrave Macmillan, Oct 5, 2001 - History - 544 pages

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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From the back cover: "... Peter Ackerman, an authority on nonviolent strategy, and Jack DuVall, a veteran writer, tell how popular movements have used nonviolent weapons to overthrow dictators ...

A force more powerful: a century of nonviolent conflict

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In this companion volume to the upcoming PBS series of the same name, Ackerman (Strategic Nonviolent Conflict) and television writer DuVall demonstrate the power of nonviolent resistance to oppression ...

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-Violent Conflict
• Authors: Peter Ackerman, Jack DuVall
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001
• ISBN: 0312240503, 9780312240509
• Length: 544 pages
• Subjects: History / Modern / 20th Century; History / Social History; Law / Jurisprudence; Political Science / Civil Rights; Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy; Social Science / Sociology / General