The Anti-Coup Sharp * Jenkins
The Anti-Coup
Gene Sharp * Bruce Jenkins
Supporters of political democracy, human rights, and social justice have good
reasons to be alarmed about coups d'etat. These abrupt seizures of the state
apparatus have occurred with great frequency in recent decades. Coups have
overthrown established constitutional democratic systems of government, halted
movements toward greater democracy, and have imposed brutal and oppressive
regimes. Coups d'etat are one of the main ways in which new dictatorships are
established. Coups may also precipitate civil wars and international crises. Coups
remain a major unsolved defense problem. This book describes an anti-coup
policy focused on defense of the society by the society itself, using non-violent
methods. The two basic principles of anti-coup defense promoted in this book are
to: 1) deny legitimacy to the putschists, and 2) to resist the putschists with
noncooperation and defiance.
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