A new era of nonviolence
Subtitle: the power of civil society over war
By: Tom H. Hastings ; foreword by Laura Finley
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780786494316; 9781476615615
Subjects: Nonviolence; Peace-building; Civil society; Peace; Conflict management; War; Prevention
Description: "The book asks the reader to consider the questions of social conflict using a cost-benefit analysis--which can reveal the advisability of strategic nonviolence. Research into the causes and correlates to war is robust and when that research is applied to comparisons of conflict management methods, numerous conclusions about potential strategies for ending war emerge"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Section I; title: Ending Civil Wars -- -- pt. 1; title: Reduce Grievances --; title: Stop the Violence --; title: Leadership Styles --; title: Corruption --; title: Resource Conflict --; title: Poverty --; title: Democratic Aspirations --; title: Secession --; title: Identity Conflict --; title: Cross-Border Spillover War --; title: Failed States --; title: Conflict Early Warning --; title: Post-Conflict Is Pre-Conflict --; title: Media -- -- pt. 2; title: Promote Nonviolent Conflict Management --; title: Strategic Nonviolence --; title: Truth and Reconciliation Processes --; title: Transform Conflict Industry --; title: Sanctions --; title: Peace and Conflict Education --; title: Law -- -- Section II; title: Ending Invasions and Occupations -- -- pt. 3; title: Nonviolent Resistance: Invaded and Invading Nations --; title: Nonviolent Resistance from Within the Invading Nation --; title: Nonviolent Resistance from Within the Invaded and Occupied Nations -- -- pt. 4; title: Nonviolent Resistance by the World --; title: Citizen-Based Direct Diplomacy --; title: Civil Society Prompting International Action --; title: Civil Society -- Initiated Corporation Action --; title: The Ultimate Challenge: How About Those Nazis? --; title: Perduring Problems, Hypothetical Solutions: Ballots, Bullets, or Bodies --; title: Transnational Forces for Nonviolence --; title: Conclusion: Nonviolence Is the Better Mousetrap -- -- pt. 1; title: BEGINNINGS -- -- 1.; title: "My Voice Is for War!" -- -- 2.; title: Custer the Goat -- -- 3.; title: The Brotherhood Broken -- -- pt. 2; title: CUSTER GOES TO WAR -- -- 4.; title: "A Slim, Long-Haired Boy, Carelessly Dressed" -- -- 5.; title: "I Promise That You Shall Hear of Me" -- -- 6.; title: "Conspicuous Gallantry" -- -- pt. 3; title: THE BOY GENERAL -- -- 7.; title: Gettysburg -- -- 8.; title: The "Daring, Terrible Demon" of Battle -- -- 9.; title: The Buckland Races -- -- 10.; title: The Dahlgren Affair -- -- 11.; title: Little Phil -- -- 12.; title: Into the Valley -- -- 13.; title: "Let the Sword Decide the Contest" -- -- 14.; title: Custer's Counterinsurgency -- -- 15.; title: "Custer Is a Trump" -- -- 16.; title: "Fighting like a Viking" -- -- 17.; title: "Custer against the World" -- -- 18.; title: "Like the Charge of a Sioux Chieftain" -- -- pt. 4; title: FALL FROM GRACE -- -- 19.; title: The "Long-Haired Hero of the Lash" -- -- 20.; title: The "Swing around the Circle" -- -- 21.; title: Court-Martial -- -- pt. 5; title: REDEMPTION -- -- 22.; title: Washita -- -- 23.; title: Custer on the Plains -- -- 24.; title: The Great Buffalo Hunt -- -- 25.; title: Battle on the Yellowstone -- -- pt. 6; title: THE FINAL ACT -- -- 26.; title: Custer's Gulch -- -- 27.; title: Grant's Revenge -- -- 28.; title: "Don't Be Greedy" -- -- 29.; title: A Ridge Too Far -- -- 30.; title: "He Will Never Fight Anymore".