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25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea
Modern Library
September 2006
On Sale: September 12, 2006
224 pages
ISBN: 0679643354
EAN: 9780679643357
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In this timely, highly original, and controversial
narrative, New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky
discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity, a course of
action, rather than a mere state of mind. Nonviolence can
and should be a technique for overcoming social injustice
and ending wars, he asserts, which is why it is the
preferred method of those who speak truth to power. Nonviolence is a sweeping yet concise history that moves
from ancient Hindu times to present-day conflicts raging in
the Middle East and elsewhere. Kurlansky also brings into
focus just why nonviolence is a “dangerous” idea, and asks
such provocative questions as: Is there such a thing as a
“just war”? Could nonviolence have worked against even the
most evil regimes in history? Kurlansky draws from history twenty-five provocative lessons
on the subject that we can use to effect change today. He
shows how, time and again, violence is used to suppress
nonviolence and its practitioners–Gandhi and Martin Luther
King, for example; that the stated deterrence value of
standing national armies and huge weapons arsenals is, at
best, negligible; and, encouragingly, that much of the hard
work necessary to begin a movement to end war is already
complete. It simply needs to be embraced and accelerated. Engaging, scholarly, and brilliantly reasoned, Nonviolence
is a work that compels readers to look at history in an
entirely new way. This is not just a manifesto for our times
but a trailblazing book whose time has come.
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