From Dictatorship to Democracy
Subtitle: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation
Edition: Fourth U.s. edition
Publisher: The Albert Einstein Institution
Published: May 2010
Place of publication: Boston, USA
Format: Pamphlet
Copyright date: 1993
Notes: From Dictatorship to Democracy was originally published in Bangkok 
in 1993 by the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in Burma 
in association with Khit Pyaing (The New Era Journal).  It has since 
been translated into at least thirty-one other languages and has been 
published in Serbia, Indonesia, and Thailand, among other countries.  
This is the fourth United States Edition.
Table of contents: label: Preface
pagenum: vii; label: Part One
title: Facing Dictatorships Realistically
pagenum: 1; title: A continuing problem
pagenum: 2; title: Freedom through violence?
pagenum: 4; title: Coups, elections, foreign saviors?
pagenum: 5; title: Facing the hard truth
pagenum: 7; label: Part Two
title: The Dangers of Negotiations
pagenum: 9; title: Merits and limitations of negotiations
pagenum: 10; title: Negotiated surrender?
pagenum: 10; title: Power and justice in negotiations
pagenum: 12; title: “Agreeable” dictators
pagenum: 13; title: What kind of peace?
pagenum: 14; title: Reasons for hope
pagenum: 14; label: Part Three
title: whence comes the power?
pagenum: 17; title: The “Monkey Master” fable
pagenum: 17; title: Necessary sources of political power
pagenum: 18; title: Centers of democratic power
pagenum: 21; label: Part Four
title: Dictatorships have weaknesses
pagenum: 25; title: Identifying the Achilles’ heel
pagenum: 25; title: Weaknesses of dictatorships
pagenum: 26; title: Attacking weaknesses of dictatorships
pagenum: 27; label: Part Five
title: exercising power
pagenum: 29; title: The workings of nonviolent struggle
pagenum: 30; title: Nonviolent weapons and discipline
pagenum: 30; title: Openness, secrecy, and high standards
pagenum: 33; title: Shifting power relationships
pagenum: 34; title: Four mechanisms of change
pagenum: 35; title: Democratizing effects of political defiance
pagenum: 37; title: Complexity of nonviolent struggle
pagenum: 38; label: Part Six
title: The Need for Strategic Planning
pagenum: 39; title: Realistic planning
pagenum: 39; title: Hurdles to planning
pagenum: 40; title: Four important terms in strategic planning
pagenum: 43; label: Part Seven
title: planning strategy
pagenum: 47; title: Choice of means
pagenum: 48; title: Planning for democracy
pagenum: 49; title: External assistance
pagenum: 50; title: Formulating a grand strategy
pagenum: 50; title: Planning campaign strategies
pagenum: 53; title: Spreading the idea of noncooperation
pagenum: 55; title: Repression and countermeasures
pagenum: 56; title: Adhering to the strategic plan
pagenum: 57; label: Part Eight
title: Applying Political Defiance
pagenum: 59; title: Selective resistance
pagenum: 59; title: Symbolic challenge
pagenum: 60; title: Spreading responsibility
pagenum: 61; title: Aiming at the dictators’ power
pagenum: 62; title: Shifts in Strategy
pagenum: 64; label: Part Nine
title: Disintegrating the Dictatorship
pagenum: 67; title: Escalating Freedom
pagenum: 69; title: Disintegrating the Dictatorship
pagenum: 70; title: Handling Success Responsibly
pagenum: 71; label: Part Ten
title: Groundwork For Durable Democracy
pagenum: 73; title: Threats of a New Dictatorship
pagenum: 73; title: Blocking Coups
pagenum: 74; title: Constitution Drafting
pagenum: 75; title: A Democratic Defense Policy
pagenum: 76; title: A Meritorious Responsibility
pagenum: 76; label: Appendix One
title: The Methods Of Nonviolent Action
pagenum: 79; label: Appendix Two
title: Acknowledgements and Notes on the History of From Dictatorship to Democracy
pagenum: 87; label: Appendix Three
title: A Note About Translations and Reprinting of this Publication
pagenum: 91; label: For Further Reading
pagenum: 93