"New York Times best-selling author Mark Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a course of ""action,"" rather than a state of mind. Nonviolence can and should be a technique for overcoming social injustice and ending ""wars,"" he ""asserts,"" which is why it is preferred by those who speak truth to power. ""Timely,"" ""original,"" scholarly and ""controversial,"" the book moves from ancient Hindu times to present-day conflicts in the Middle East and ""elsewhere,"" drawing from history 25 provocative lessons that we can use to effect change today. September."