Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Mobilization of the Peace Movement -- 2. Roots in Public Opinion -- 3. Security Issues and Alternatives -- 4. Peace Movement Organizations -- 5. Tactical Dilemmas and Responses -- 6. Alliances -- 7. Political Parties -- 8. Facing the State -- 9. Movements as a Creative Political Force -- Index
Summary
The crusade against nuclear weapons in Great Britain, West Germany, France, and the Netherlands in the early 1980s dwarfed all previous protest movements in Western Europe in the postwar period. What produced the demonstrations against NATO's decision in December 1979 to base 572 cruise and Pershing II missiles in five West European countries? What generated the widespread support that the demonstrators enjoyed? Contrary to the frequent claim that such political movements are a symptom of governmental crisis in the advanced industrial democracies, Thomas Rochon develops the idea that they a
