History is full of examples where violent insurrection has succeeded. But erica says it's never possible to re-run history and see if a different approach would have been more effective. He suggests looking at campaigns that were trying to overthrow the incumbent national government, or push for independence.
Does power truly flow from the barrel of a gun? Pop culture and conventional history often teach us that violence is the most effective way to produce change. But is that common assumption actually true? Political scientist Erica Chenoweth, who has studied more than 100 years of revolutions and insurrections, says the answer is counterintuitive.
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