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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kurlansky, Mark. Nonviolence. New York : Modern Library, 2006 (OCoLC)607806280 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Kurlansky |
| ISBN: | 9780679643357 0679643354 |
| OCLC Number: | 69594126 |
| Description: | xiv, 203 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Imperfect beings -- The problem with states -- The killer peace movement -- Troublemakers -- The dilemma of unnatural people -- Natural revolution -- The curse of nations -- A favorite just war -- The rule of thugs and the law of gravity -- Random outbreaks of hope. |
| Series Title: | Modern Library chronicles |
| Responsibility: | Mark Kulansky ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
"Nonviolence is a sweeping yet concise history that moves from ancient Hindu times to present-day conflicts raging in the Middle East and else-where. Kurlansky also brings into focus just why nonviolence is a "dangerous" idea, and asks such provocative questions as: Is there such a thing as a "just war"? Could nonviolence have worked against even the most evil regimes in history?" "Kurlansky draws from history twenty-five provocative lessons on the subject that we can use to effect change today. He shows how, time and again, violence is used to suppress nonviolence and its practitioners."--BOOK JACKET.
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Ozzie (WorldCat user on 2008-06-18)
Winner of the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Non-fiction
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