{"product_id":"waging-a-good-war-how-the-civil-rights-movement-won-its-battles-1954-1968","title":"Waging a Good War: How the Civil Rights Movement Won Its Battles, 1954-1968","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas E. Ricks offers a new take on the Civil Rights Movement, stressing its unexpected use of military strategy and its lessons for nonviolent resistance around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ricks does a tremendous job of putting the reader inside the hearts and souls of the young men and women who risked so much to change America . . . Riveting.\" --Charles Kaiser, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWaging a Good War\u003c\/i\u003e, the bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks offers a fresh perspective on America's greatest moral revolution--the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s--and its legacy today. While the Movement has become synonymous with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ethos of nonviolence, Ricks, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war reporter, draws on his deep knowledge of tactics and strategy to advance a surprising but revelatory idea: the greatest victories for Black Americans of the past century were won not by idealism alone, but by paying attention to recruiting, training, discipline, and organization--the hallmarks of any successful military campaign. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn engaging storyteller, Ricks deftly narrates the Movement's triumphs and defeats. He follows King and other key figures from Montgomery to Memphis, demonstrating that Gandhian nonviolence was a philosophy of active, not passive, resistance. While bringing legends such as Fannie Lou Hamer and John Lewis into new focus, Ricks also highlights lesser-known figures--the activists James Lawson, James Bevel, Diane Nash, and Septima Clark foremost among them. Rich with fresh interpretations of familiar events and overlooked aspects of America's civil rights struggle, \u003ci\u003eWaging a Good War \u003c\/i\u003eis an indispensable addition to the literature of racial justice and social change.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1250872529\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781250872524\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Ricks, Thomas E.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Aug 2023)","offer_id":46081759576261,"sku":"9781250872524","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781250872524.jpg?v=1776048877","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/waging-a-good-war-how-the-civil-rights-movement-won-its-battles-1954-1968","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}