= Why Civil Resistance Works: =
== The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict ==
=== pub December 11, 2012 / C.Mill 303.61 CHENOWETH ===
=== by Erica Chenoweth, Maria Stephan ===

In a very prolix and disjointed way, this book seems to say that broad-based nonviolent "revolution" is more successful and lasting than militarized attacks on the state.

I wanted to like this, but the jargon, inline citations, and unexplained sociological wonk-speak defeated me.  Is a number '''N.N logged ''' the same as '''10^N.N^?'''

I'm sure this is an important contribution to the academic literature, but it isn't designed for me, much less for the innumerate folk I hope to convince that violence/vandalism/threat is counterproductive.  I don't mind numbers, in an explanatory context.  I don't mind citations - as footnotes.  I prefer facts and syntheses to be arranged into sequential narratives, not strings of citations.

Plenty of books being written; perhaps other authors have "dumbed down" the Chenoweth/Stephan book into a "Science News" level of jargon.  

Rosenstrasse: Protest in Berlin by Aryan wives save thousands of Jewish husbands

Another Amazon review: The only thing to take away from this book: non-violence has an advantage over violence because more people are willing and able to get involved.