Author(s): Gene Sharp
Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1990, pp. 166
Examines theoretical case for relying on the power of society to deter and defend, rather than weaponry, cites examples of Ruhr 1923 and Czechoslovakia 1968-69 as examples of improvised civilian defence, and explores strategy and possibility of ‘transarmament’. Sharp’s 72-page Self-reliant Defense Without Bankruptcy or War, 1992, written for Soviet successor states (especially the Baltic states) can be downloaded from http://aeinstein.org.
Available online as PDF at:
http://www.aeinstein.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Civilian-Based-Defense-English.pdf
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