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Conquest of Violence is an analysis of the methods of nonviolent action developed by Mahatma Gandhi. Written by Joan V. Bondurant, the book was originally published in the US in 1958. Several subsequent expanded editions have been published in the US, and the book was also published in India. A Thai language edition has also been published. The book has been reviewed in magazines and professional journals.{REFS BELOW}

Background
As a young woman Bondurant was sent to India to serve in the US effort in World War II. While there, she met Mahatma Gandhi and became interested in his nonviolent approach. In her authors prefaces to the 1st and 2nd editions {MORE}.

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Topics covered
All English language editions of Conquest of Violence contain 6 chapters, the first being an introduction. {UPSHOT}

Chapter 2, Satyagraha: Its Basic Precepts. {HIGHLIGHTS}

Chapter 3, Satyagraha as Applied Socio-Political Action, opens with a brief {XXXX}. It then provides a detailed analysis of 5 Gandhian satyagraha campaigns:
 * The Vykom Satyagraha
 * The Bardoli Satyagraha
 * The Ahmedabad Mill-Worker Satyagraha
 * The nationwide Rowlatt Satyagraha
 * The nationwide Salt Satyagraha

Chapter 4 is entitled Hindu Tradition and Satyagraha: The Significance of Gandhian Innovations.

Chapter 5 is entitled ''Conservative or Anarchist? A Note on Gandhi and Political Philosophy''.

Chapter 6 is entitled The Gandhian Dialectic and Political Theory.

Reviews and influence
Reviews appeared in

the Times Literary Supplement,

The Christian Century,

the Journal of Conflict Resolution,

International Affairs,

The Journal of Asian Studies,

''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,

Foreign Affairs,

Pacific Affairs,

Philosophy East and West,

The American Political Science Review,

''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland,

The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science,

World Politics,

and elsewhere.

In The Christian Century, Allen Hackett wrote that Conquest gives a "foregleam of a way always open but difficult to follow &mdash; the way of the peacemaker... the disciple of love who is himself willing to pay a price. Dr. Bondurant rightly limits herself to her subject [but] her book will inevitably bring us closer to Him who gave his life as a ransom for many".

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In 1984, Mark Juergensmeyer stated that among "studies... that attempt to explicate Gandhi's methods and approach," A landmark... is Joan Bondurant's Conquest of Violence [which was] the first book to present Gandhian strategy in a systematic way, which continues to be regarded as the most reliable analysis of Gandhi's campaigns for social and political change.

In 1997, Foreign Affairs described Conquest of Violence, along with Gandhi's Autobiography, as two of three books that provide "the best introduction to India's nationalist saint, an elusive and complex historical figure."

"I hope that Dr. Bondurant's book will lead many people to think of this new dynamic force that Gandhi brought into the political and social field... The truth or reality in the idea that he represented will no doubt survive and, I'm sure, influence men's minds more and more." -- Jawaharlal Nehru

Editions
The original English language edition was published in the US in 1958 by Princeton University Press, and later in India by Oxford University Press. Several additional and revised US editions were later published by Princeton University Press and University of California Press. A Thai language edition was also published in 1993.

The US editions are:


 * ISBN 9780691022819 (281 pages)


 * ISBN 9780520001459 (271 pages)


 * ISBN 9780520001459 (271 pages)


 * ISBN (269 pages)

The Indian edition:


 * (281 pages)

The Thai language edition:
 * ISBN 9789747014402, (92 pages)