{"product_id":"from-dictatorship-to-democracy-gene-sharp-9781595588500","title":"From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation","description":"\"What Sun Tzu and Clausewitz were to war, Sharp. . . was to nonviolent struggle--strategist, philosopher, guru.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe revolutionary word-of-mouth phenomenon, available for the first time as a trade book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-one years ago, at a friend's request, a Massachusetts professor sketched out a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to repressive regimes. It would go on to be translated, photocopied, and handed from one activist to another, traveling from country to country across the globe: from Iran to Venezuela--where \u003ci\u003eboth\u003c\/i\u003e countries consider Gene Sharp to be an enemy of the state--to Serbia; Afghanistan; Vietnam; the former Soviet Union; China; Nepal; and, more recently and notably, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria, where it has served as a guiding light of the Arab Spring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis short, pithy, inspiring, and extraordinarily clear guide to overthrowing a dictatorship by nonviolent means lists 198 specific methods to consider, depending on the circumstances: sit-ins, popular nonobedience, selective strikes, withdrawal of bank deposits, revenue refusal, walkouts, silence, and hunger strikes. \u003ci\u003eFrom Dictatorship to Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable work that has made the little-known Sharp into the world's most effective and sought-after analyst of resistance to authoritarian regimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gene Sharp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595588507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595588500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2012","brand":"Gene Sharp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055537615103,"sku":"9781595588500","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24521a97-50ec-43c8-9465-dd91fecf3e11.jpg?v=1685036355","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-dictatorship-to-democracy-gene-sharp-9781595588500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}