Author: Cortright, David

A longtime peace activist and authority on creative nonviolence makes the case for nonviolent action, now more than ever. Drawing on the legend and lessons of Gandhi, Cortright traces the history of nonviolent activism through the early 20th century, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam era, and up to the current war. He re-evaluates and refines Gandhi's message, analyzes the role of feminism in the nonviolence movement, and renews the call for nonviolence as the universal path to social progress and antidote to terrorism. 192 pp.