pt. 1. Introduction; or, The value of stories -- Stories and conflict management -- Master narrative versus justice in the margins -- Theories of nonviolent power -- pt. 2. Civil rights and sequelae; or An expanded movement -- Expanding the movement -- Nonviolence and long term success -- Treaty rights -- pt. 3. Gandhian nonviolence; or, Industrialized war meets mass liberatory nonviolence -- Blood, oil and nonviolence -- Philippines, timing and training -- Modern Buddhism and Gandhian nonviolence -- pt. 4. Radical disarmament; or, Plowshares-style -- The nonviolence just conflict doctrine -- When officials fail long enough -- Peace journalism prepares society -- pt. 5. Eroding the war machine, or, Boycotting war -- Who will pay to kill kids? -- Sanctions, boycotts and results -- Not my body -- pt. 6. War poverty and peace prosperity; or, Living large or living in the little way -- Potpourri or popery? Catholic worker movement -- Divide and rule : war on the poor -- Buddhist lifeways and economies -- pt. 7. Movement-building; or, The Portland story -- Arts and crafts of organizing -- A permanent movement -- Lessons learned -- pt. 8. Teaching, learning, and conclusions; or, Reflection breeds better action -- Gandhi was right : experiments in truth -- Challenges to nonviolence -- Hope in the end.
Summary:
"Beginning back in the waning days of the Civil Rights movement, through the objection to the war in Vietnam, and on to the current global peace movement, this is a personal and professional account offered for the reader curious about whether and how nonviolence works"--Provided by publisher.
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