Vincent Bevins
Autor(a) de The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
About the Author
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Obras por Vincent Bevins
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1984-06-11
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Santa Monica, California, USA
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Membros
- 556
- Popularidade
- #44,900
- Avaliação
- 4.6
- Críticas
- 8
- ISBN
- 14
- Línguas
- 4
Through research, interviews, and his personal experience Bevins looks at the various protests that made the decade one of promise, though often promise unfulfilled. Why did so many (seven of the ten he analyzes here) result in situations worse than before? No one book and no single author can provide a complete answer, so read this book with the understanding it is trying to contribute to more successes in the future and not pretending to be the new gospel for protests moving forward. What Bevins does is highlight some of the factors that led to a poor success rate.
From organization to how the protests are situated are discussed, and mindset, especially for future activists, is emphasized. Taking the wins you might get and building on those is discussed, as well as understanding that even if one believes that success will eventually come you still have to take steps to get there and not think anything short of a complete win is a failure.
You'll see reviews from readers who think they know what is best and what is right, even one from a mediocre writer who borrows other's thoughts to publish a less than mediocre book. Fine, maybe these geniuses know it all, but if so, why haven't they spearheaded a movement utilizing their perfection? Oh yeah, never mind, I understand...
Highly recommended for those who want to better understand what went wrong as well as what lessons can be learned from a very dynamic decade to inform future activism.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (mais)