Nonviolence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea (Audiobook)

from nmele

I didn't particularly enjoy Kurlansky's book on nonviolence--although his facts are accurate, they are often incomplete and his tone is snarky throughout. Someone whose introduction to nonviolence is this book is likely to reject the whole business.

from johnthefireman

This is a good book about an important subject - but not as good as I expected. It starts off fairly well and seems to do OK until it reaches modern times. I then found it rather weak. The section on Gandhi seems to break off without completion, and then it jumps straight into nuclear weapons. Th...

from lucasdwi

Excellently written work on the history of nonviolence. Mark Kurlansky successfully captures the reader on a historical journey from the beginnings of religions and their relationship with violence to the modern Iraq war. Kurlansky shows where and how nonviolent ideologies can become twisted thro...