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COPYRIGHT 2007 Professors World Peace Academy
WAGING NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE: 20TH CENTURY PRACTICE AND 21ST CENTURY POTENTIAL
Gene Sharp
Boston: Extending Horizons Books, Porter Sargent Publishers, Inc., 2005 598 pages with appendices and index, hard cover, $24.95.
Dr. Gene Sharp has been advocating nonviolence for almost six decades in his roles as professor and practitioner. His scholarly exploration in this arena began with his master's thesis in 1949. Presently, he is Senior Scholar at the Albert Einstein Institution in Boston, an organization which he founded in 1983. He is the author of numerous books that have been published in thirty-two languages. One of Sharp's most recent works, Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential, brings together those early thoughts on the topic along with his subsequent years of scrutiny, contemplation, investigation, and publication. Due to Waging Nonviolent Struggle's length, quality of content, and relevance of his topic, this work appears to be Sharp's magnum...
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