The unconquerable world
Subtitle: power, nonviolence, and the will of the people
By: Jonathan Schell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 433
Subjects: Social change; Social Conflict; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; War; Sociology; International Relations - Diplomacy; Peace; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Science / General; Nonviolence; General
First sentence: Some of the most important changes for the future of war have come from within war itself.
Description: Argues for an end to the belief that military domination is the best path to global peace, offering the tradition of nonviolent political action and passive resistance in its stead.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-414) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The towers and the wall; title: Part one : Violence.; title: The rise and fall of the war system; title: "Nuclear war"; title: People's war; title: Part two : Nonviolence.; title: Satyagraha; title: Nonviolent revolution, nonviolent rule; title: The mass minority in action : France and Russia; title: Living in truth; title: Cooperative power; title: Part three : The civil state.; title: The liberal democratic revival; title: Liberal internationalism; title: Sovereignty; title: Part four : The shapes of things to come.; title: Niagara; title: The logic of peace