Between Mao and Gandhi: The Social Roots of Civil Resistance

by Ches Thurber

Book Overview

From Eastern Europe to South Africa to the Arab Spring, nonviolent action has proven capable of overthrowing autocratic regimes and bringing about revolutionary political change. How do dissidents come to embrace a nonviolent strategy in the first place? Why do others rule it out in favor of taking up arms? Despite a new wave of attention to the effectiveness and global impact of nonviolent movements, our understanding of their origins and trajectories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110892784X
• ISBN13: 9781108927840
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"