Olgerts Eglitis
Nonviolent Action in the Liberation of Latvia (1993)
INTRODUCTION
On June 14,1987, when all of East-Central Europe was still frozen by totalitarianism, news about an unsanctioned anti-Soviet demonstration in Latvia's capital, Riga, spread in the Western media. After that date the country never came to rest: the spell of fear...
Grazina Miniotaite
Nonviolent Resistance in Lithuania - A Story of a Peaceful Liberation (2005)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
No written work is ever the product of its author alone. This monograph was inspired by the extraordinary actions of thousands of Lithuanians in their quest for independence. The efforts of numerous historians, writers, and activi...
Gene Sharp
National Security Through Civilian Based Defense (1985)
PREFACE
Many people are now convinced that we need alternatives to present military deterrence and defense policies. The alternatives are usually still sought within the context of military assumptions and means, and so far only rarely beyond them. The search for alternative...
Gene Sharp
Making Abolition Of War A Realistic Goal (1980)
INTRODUCTION
The destructiveness of modem war is widely understood. Yet most governments, backed by their populations, amass the largest array of military weaponry and forces of which they are capable. Clearly, none of the past proposals and movements to abolish war and to bring in...
Liberty Lobby
Conspiracy Against Freedom
A Documentation of One Campaign of the Anti-Defamation League Against Freedom of Speech and Thought in America (1986)
There is a conspiracy in this country to limit public comment and discussion to what a small but powerful clique has predetermined to be 'acceptable.' The moment anyone attempts to in...
