Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World

by Srdja Popovic

GRAND STRATEGY. Gene Sharp defines this all-important principle as the “overall conception which serves to coordinate and direct all appropriate and available resources (economic, human, moral, political, organizational, etc.) of the nation or other group to attain its objectives in a conflict.” It sounds like a handful, but Sharp breaks it down nicely by bringing it to a more human level, telling us that grand strategy includes “consideration of the rightness of the cause, assessment of other influences in the situation, and selection of the technique of action to be used,” as well as evaluations of “how the objective will be achieved, and the long-term consequences.”