{"product_id":"waging-a-good-war-how-the-civil-rights-movement-won-its-battles-1954-1968-9781250872524","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas E. Ricks\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of multiple bestselling books, including \u003ci\u003eFirst Principles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Generals\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFiasco\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A member of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams in his years at \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, he has been called \"the dean of military correspondents.\" He lives in Maine and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725778522386,"sku":"9781250872524","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7f3fcd22-ecf4-4647-a7a1-09295df80dac.jpg?v=1734844388","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/waging-a-good-war-how-the-civil-rights-movement-won-its-battles-1954-1968-9781250872524","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}