The Anti-Coup: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Anti-Coup, credited to Gene Sharp; Bruce Jenkins, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Anti-Coup by Gene Sharp and Bruce Jenkins. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Supporters of political democracy, human rights, and social justice have good reasons to be alarmed about coups d'état. 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'état 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. (Summary by Benjamin Gittins)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Anti-Coup
• Author credits: Gene Sharp; Bruce Jenkins
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 37
• Listed recording duration: 2:46:07

Catalogue topics

• non-violence
• nonviolence
• dictatorships
• coups

Opening tracks: first 24 of 37

1. 01 - The Anti Coup — 5:03
2. 02 - How coups operate — 3:13
3. 03 - When are coups likely to occur? — 7:05
4. 04 - Support for coups — 3:15
5. 05 - Attempts to prevent coups — 5:00
6. 06 - Coups have been defeated — 16:31
7. 07 - Anti-coup defense — 3:29
8. 08 - The putschists require... — 3:53
9. 09 - Direct defense of the society — 5:20
10. 10 - The need for preparations — 2:13
11. 11 - The civilian defenders' aims — 2:03
12. 12 - Resistance: general and organized — 3:42
13. 13 - The importance of strategy — 4:37
14. 14 - Anti-coup weapons — 4:20
15. 15 - Guidelines for general resistance — 6:16
16. 16 - Treatment of the usurper's troops and functionaries — 3:32
17. 17 - Facing attack: obstruction and communication — 3:14
18. 18 - Facing attack: repudiation and rejection — 1:50
19. 19 - Blocking control by the putschists — 5:45
20. 20 - Defying repression and intimidation — 2:48
21. 21 - The importance of nonviolent discipline — 5:51
22. 22 - International support — 3:00
23. 23 - Shifts in strategy during the struggle — 2:16
24. 24 - A durable success — 1:35

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