A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict

Author(s): Peter Ackerman, Jack Duvall

Palgrave, New York and Basingstoke, 2000, pp. 554

Analysis of a selection of predominantly nonviolent struggles from Russia 1905 to Serbia 2000, arguing against ‘the mythology of violence’. Some of the case studies are standard in books on civil resistance, others – for example the 1990 movement in Mongolia – less familiar. Each chapter has a useful bibliography. The book arose out of a 1999 US documentary television series ‘A Force More Powerful’, now available on DVD, and therefore includes, in the more recent cases, information from interviews.

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Listed in:

Volume One -> A. Introduction to Nonviolent Action -> A. 1. Theory Methods and Examples -> A. 1.b. Strategic Theory, Dynamics, Methods and Movements

Cross referenced in:

Volume One -> C. I. The Soviet Bloc -> C. I.2. The Soviet Bloc 1980 to 1991 -> C. I.2.e. Mongolia 1990-91
Volume One -> E. II. Asia (and Australasia) -> E. II.8. The Philippines: 1983-86 and 2001 -> E. II.8.a. Resisting Marcos, 1983-86
Volume One -> E. IV. Latin America -> E. IV.2. Argentina, Resisting the Military Dictatorship 1977-81: People Power in Economic Crisis 2001-2002 -> E. IV.2.a. Resisting Dictatorship
Volume One -> E. IV. Latin America -> E. IV.5. Chile, Resisting the Pinochet Dictatorship 1973-88 -> E. IV.5.b. Resisting the Pinochet Dictatorship, 1973-90
Volume One -> E. V.A. Unarmed Resistance in the Middle East -> E. V.A.3. Palestine -> E. V.A.3.a. Palestinian Resistance after 1967 and the First Intifada, 1987-1991

The online version of Vol. 1 of the bibliography was made possible due to the generous support of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). ICNC is an independent, non-profit educational foundation that develops and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies aimed at establishing and defending human rights, democratic self-rule and justice worldwide.

For more information about ICNC, please see their website.

The online version of Vol. 2 of the bibliography was made possible due to the generous support of The Network for Social Change. The Network for Social Change is a group of individuals providing funding for progressive social change, particularly in the areas of justice, peace and the environment.