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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage (1 Nov 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0099494124
ISBN-13: 978-0099494126
Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.6 cm

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent book by Mr. Kurlansky, 20 Nov 2006

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This review is from: Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Hardcover)

'Nonviolence' discusses the concept of non-violence as an alternative to Pacificism and violent action.

In this book Kurlansky attacks the totems of the pro-war/violence movements and examines the validity of their examples (such as the US Civil War, WWII and the Holocaust). In doing so he forms a very compelling argument for non-violent activties to bring about social change.

This book is a very easy read and should be required reading for everyone above the age of 12. Five easily earned stars!

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4.0 out of 5 stars fails the lithmus test, 3 Jan 2007

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This is a very good book and an easy read on non-violence. My main problem is with Kurlanski's discussion of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict - a conflict most consider to be at the root of the Middle East troubles. Kurlanski devotes a scant two pages to the conflict, fails to refer to a single Palestinian individual, quotes extensively from one Israeli source (ex-military), and doesn't use the word "occupation" once. If non-violence has anything positive to offer this very violent ongoing tragedy then surely a clear and unambiguous acknowledgement of the root cause, the Israeli military occupation, would seem essential. Mr. Kurlanski, do not be afraid to follow Jimmy Carter's admirable example, this is the obvious starting point toward ending violence.

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4.0 out of 5 stars If only we all thought like this, 1 Mar 2008

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Like many powerful books, Non-violence is a slim volume that states a single point and states it clearly. Mark Kurlansky retells world history from the point of view of those who tried to resist their oppressors non-violently.

Kurlansky carefully disects the idea of a 'just war', the predicate of so many conflicts for hundreds of years, rendering it meaningless and unworthy. He then tries to expose the myth that non-violent protest is doomed to failure. He persuasively argues that an aggressor's main chance of defeating non-violent resistence is to force those resisting to abandon their principles and take up arms. He suggests that if the non-violent remain so, they are unassailable. This is a clearly written and well researched polemic, which should be compulsory reading for anybody considering becoming a head of state. Perhaps if more did so the world would be a happier, less violent place.

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