NONVIOLENCE(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　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.
　　From the Hardcover edition.