'Gene Sharp hardly expected to be mentioned in the same sentence as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King' --BBC News

'Aimed at no particular country ... found universal appeal among opposition activists around the globe' --Wall Street Journal

'Now translated into thirty-one languages ... Sharp's book is being read in countries from Vietnam to Venezuela' --Sunday Times

'Gene Sharp's contribution to the struggle for non-violent protest and civil disobedience in the Arab world has been immense.' --Raja Shehadeh

'Sharp has emerged as one of the world's most influential promoters of non-violent resistance to repressive regimes.' --Sunday Times

'Generally considered the father of the whole field of the study of strategic nonviolent action' --Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco

'a must read for all those interested in human rights and democracy' --Independent on Sunday