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Nonviolent Resistance in Lithuania: A Story of Peaceful Liberation
(Einstein Institution Monograph Series #8)
by Grazina Miniotaite
Nonviolent Resistance in Lithuania details the use of nonviolent action in Lithuania against Soviet control from 1940 until its independence in 1991. It also details the potential adoption of a civilian-based defense component to Lithuania’s national defense policy. This is the eigth booklet in the Albert Einstein Institution’s monograph series. For more information click here. 98 pp. 2002
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Nonviolent Struggle and the Revolution in East Germany
(Einstein Institution Monographer Series #6)
by Roland Bleiker
Roland Bleiker examines the role that "exit" and "voice" forms of protest played in the collapse of the communist regime in East Germany. He includes a chronology of the East German Revolution of 1989-90 and extensive notes. For more information click here. 53 pp. 1993
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Nonviolent Action in the Liberation of Latvia
Einstein Institution Monograph Series #5
by Olgerts Eglitis
This monograph recounts how the people of Latvia used nonviolent action (1987-1991) to throw off Soviet domination and regain independence. It includes 24 pages of official documents outlining Latvian plans for popular resistance against Soviet attack in 1991. For more information click here. 72 pp. 1993
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Civil Resistance in the East European and Soviet Revolutions
Einstein Institution Monograph Series #4
by Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts examines the dramatic role played by "people power" in the undermining of communist regimes in East Central Europe, the achievement of independence by the Baltic states, and the defeat of the August 1991 coup attempt in the Soviet Union. For more information click here. 43 pp. 1991, 1999
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Insurrectionary Civic Strikes in Latin America: 1931–1961
(Einstein Institution Monograph Series #1)
by Patrica Parkman
"From 1931 to 1961, eleven Latin American presidents left office in the wake of civic strikes," writes Parkman. "In addition, at least four...faced unsuccessful attempts to force them out by the same means." Dr. Parkman compares and contrasts these fifteen cases and includes a chronological summary of each case as well as extensive notes. For more information click here. 55pp. 1990
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Books
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Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential
by Gene Sharp
This groundbreaking new book builds on fifty years of Dr. Sharp’s academic research and practical experience working with nonviolent struggle movements around the world. In particular, Waging Nonviolent Struggle provides a theoretical framework for understanding this technique of action as well as unprecedented information about how nonviolent struggle can be strategically planned. It also contains twenty-three case accounts of how nonviolent struggle has been used in the twentieth century. 598 pp. 2005
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The Politics of Nonviolent Action
by Gene Sharp
A major exploration of nonviolent struggle in three volumes: Power and Struggle, The Methods of Nonviolent Action, The Dynamics of Nonviolent Action. For more information click here.
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A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
by Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
A gripping narrative of history-changing conflicts, this book tells 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. For more information, see the companion film A Force More Powerful. For more information about the book click here.
"These are powerful stories.... Nonviolent valor can end oppression, and the world of the 21st century will be safer, freer, and more humane if it heeds the lessons of this book."—Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States
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Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany
by Nathan Stoltzfus
"A faithful, painstaking reconstruction of an amazing event in the history of Nazi Germany, a case of successful protest against the Gestapo in the middle of the war in Berlin. This incident has been overlooked by historians and Professor Stolzfus deserves our gratitude...."—Professor Walter Laqueur
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Eyes Without Country: Searching for a Palestinian Strategy of Liberation
by Souad Dajani
Dajani's "discussion of the Intifada is remarkable for its balance and breadth. Her thorough investigation of nonviolent civil resistance as a Palestinian strategy defines a vital approach....This book should be read by anyone interested in the Middle East or in civil disobedience." —Jamal R. Nassar
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Nonviolent Insurrection in El Salvador
by Patricia Parkman
In the first week of May 1944, the people of San Salvador staged a civic strike against the dictator Maximiliano Hernández Martinez which spread throughout the population and even into the government. Unable to deal with this new, nonviolent insurrection, Martinez chose to "retire" from office. For more information click here.
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Constitutionalist Insurgency in Finland: Finnish "Passive Resistance" Against Russification as a Case of Nonmilitary Struggle in the European Tradition
by Steven Duncan Huxley
"In 1899 the Russian regime...initiated a policy of systematic Russification of its western borderland, the Duchy of Finland. The regime's efforts... [were] met with a distinct and sophisticated form of nonmilitary struggle called 'passive resistance.'"—from the back cover.
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But For Birmingham: The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle
by Glenn T. Eskew
Focusing on the sometimes problematic intersection of the local and national Civil Rights movements, Eskew argues that the larger victory won in the streets of Birmingham did little for many of its black citizens. "A well-dcoumented, objective analysis, this volume deserves a prominent place in any library of the civil rights movement."—Publishers Weekly
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Civil Resistance in Kosovo
by Howard Clark
Prior to the rise of the Kosovo Liberation Army and NATO intervention, Kosovo Albanians engaged in a 10-year nonviolent struggle for political and civil rights. In 1997 the Einstein Institution Fellows Program funded Howard Clark to investigate the development of this remarkable movement. Mr. Clark examines how a determined nonviolent struggle by Kosovo Albanians frustrated Serbia's plans for Kosovo. He describes the growth and potential of the movement, its subsequent stagnation, and attempts to reinvigorate it. For more information click here.
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Languages available: English, German
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Resistance, Politics, and the American Struggle for Independence, 1765–1775
Edited by Walter H. Conser, Jr., Ronald M. McCarthy, David Toscano, Gene Sharp
As independence leader and US President John Adams wrote: "A history of military operations...is not a history of the American Revolution....The revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people, and [was] substantially effected before hostilities commenced." This volume analyzes the extensive nature of American nonviolent resistance to colonial rule. For more information click here.
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Languages available: English
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Nonviolent Action: A Research Guide
by Ronald M. McCarthy and Gene Sharp
A 700-page annotated bibliography of English-language books concerning cases, history, methods, and theory of nonviolent action. The work includes Dr. McCarthy's insightful introduction on "The Possibilities of Research on Nonviolent Action." For more information click here.
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Films
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A Force More Powerful
A Force More Powerful is a two-part documentary series on one of the 20th century's most imporatnat and least-known stories—how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. Drawing on six case studies from the twentieth century, this film is the story of millions who chose to battle the forces of brutality with nonviolent weapsons—and won. Also, see the companion book A Force More Powerful. For more information about the film click here.
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Languages available: English, Arabic, Farsi, French, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish
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Bringing Down a Dictator
Bringing Down a Dictator is the story of how nonviolent action was used to bring down Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic in the year 2000. Led by the Otpor! (Serbian for "resistance") student movement, Serbs nonviolently resisted the Milosevic regime and caused it to topple in October 2000. For more information about the film click here.
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