Albert Einstein Institution

The mission of the Albert Einstein Institution (AEI) is to advance the worldwide study and strategic use of nonviolent action in conflict.  The Institution is committed to:
* Defending democratic freedoms & institutions,
* Opposing oppression, dictatorship and genocide, and
* Reducing reliance on violence as an instrument of policy.
This mission is pursued in three ways:
* Encouraging research and policy studies on methods of nonviolent action and their use in diverse conflicts
* Sharing the results of this research with the public through publications, conferences and the media,
* Consulting with groups in conflict about the strategic potential of nonviolent action. 
The AEI's staff, colleagues, board members, fellows and researchers have written numerous books, including:

The Politics of Nonviolent Action
By Gene Sharp
Porter Sargent Publishers, 1973.
A major exploration of nonviolent struggle in three volumes: Power and Struggle, Methods of Nonviolent Action, Dynamics of Nonviolent Action. "This is must reading for anyone interested in war and peace." Seymour
Martin Lipset.

Strategic Nonviolent Conflict
By Peter Ackerman and Chris Kruegler
Praeger, 1994.
This work sets a new standard for studies of strategy in nonviolent struggle, analyzing six key historical cases through the lens of twelve strategic principles.  The authors have updated "the best thinking on strategic nonviolence." Thomas Schelling.

Protest, Power and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from Act-Up to Women's Suffrage
Edited by Roger Powers & Will Vogele
Garland Publishing, 1997.
This major encyclopedia of nonviolent action provides a remarkably comprehensive treatment of the field.  This "magisterial collection of essays significantly enhances our understanding of non-violent action." Yuen Foong Khong.

Nonviolent Action: A Research Guide
By Ronald McCarthy and Gene Sharp
Garland Publishers, 1997.
A 700-page annotated bibliography of English-language books on cases, history, methods and theory of nonviolent action.

Civilian-Based Defense
By Gene Sharp
Princeton University Press, 1990.
A major exposition of organized nonviolent civilian resistance against attempted coups d',tat and foreign occupations.

Constitutionalist Insurgency in Finland
By Steven Duncan Huxley
SHS/Helsinki, 1990.
In 1899, the Russian regime...initiated a policy of systematic Russification of its western borderland.  They...met with a distinct and sophisticated form of nonmilitary struggle called 'passive resistance.'

Eyes Without Country
 By Souad R. Dajani
Temple University Press, 1995.
Dajani's "discussion of the Intifada is remarkable for its balance and breadth.  Her thorough investigation of nonviolent civil resistance as a Palestinian strategy defines a vital approach." Jamal R. Naesser

Gandhi as a Political Strategist
By Gene Sharp
Porter Sargent Publishers, 1979.
"Previous works have concentrated on Gandhi's morality in a 'great man' interpretation of India's struggle for independence.  Sharp makes clear that the driving force in Indian independence was Gandhi's creative synthesis of India's cultural and historical traditions with a unique interpretation of militant, nonviolent resistance to institutional evil." Coretta Scott King.

Nonviolent Insurrection in El Salvador
By Patricia Parkman
University of Arizona Press, 1988.
In May 1944, the people of San Salvador staged a civic strike against the dictator Maximiliano Hern ndez Martinez which spread throughout the population and even into the government.  Unable to deal with this new, nonviolent insurrection, Martinez chose to "retire" from office.

Resistance of the Heart
By Nathan Stolzfus
W.W. Norton & Co., 1996.
"A faithful, painstaking reconstruction of an amazing and overlooked  event in Nazi Germany, a case of successful protest against the Gestapo in the middle of the war in Berlin." Professor Walter Laqueur.

Resistance, Politics and the American Struggle for Independence, 1765-1775
Edited by Walter Conser, Jr., Ronald McCarthy, David Toscano, Gene Sharp
Lynee Rienner Publishers, 1986.
An analysis of the extensive nature of nonviolent resistance to colonial rule. 

Social Power and Political Freedom
By Gene Sharp
Porter Sargent Publishers, 1980.
"Even the most hardened realist can see how objectives sought by nations through war can also be sought by nonviolent means.  The case... rests on history, and a profound understanding of what constitutes political power." Former U.S. Senator Mark O.Hatfield.

But For Birmingham
By Glenn T. Eskew
Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1997.
Focusing on the sometimes-problematic intersection of local and national civil rights movements, Eskew argues that the victory won in the streets of Birmingham did little for many of its black citizens.

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
By Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall
St. Martin's Press, 2000.
This gripping narrative of history-changing conflicts tells how popular movements used nonviolent weapons to overthrow dictators, obstruct military invaders and secure human rights.  "The 21st century will be safer, freer and more humane if it heeds the lessons of this book." Jimmy Carter.

For further information, contact:  AEI, 427 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02115 USA
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