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Introduction
Paul Emile Anders

"Civilian-based Defense (CBD) means protecting a nation against invasions or coups d'état by preparing its citizens to resist aggression or usurpation by active noncooperation rather than military force.  Tactics include strikes, encouraging invading forces to desert, encouraging other countries to use sanctions against the invader, etc.  Citizens would learn to use CBD before aggression starts, which distinguishes it from spontaneous resistance.  Prior preparation and publicity would enhance its effectiveness and also make it a deterrent to attack" (Civilian-based Defense, Spring/Summer 1994, p. 1).  For more information including recent information, see the blogs http://rationalpoliticstoday.blogspot.com and 

As a former executive director of the Civilian-based Defense Association, I am putting this information online to assist those trying to use this strategy.  I hope that we will soon be able to post entire issues of the association's magazine,Civilian-based Defense, which I edited in the early 1990s.  More information is also available on the website of theAlbert Einstein Institution, including works by Gene Sharp.

DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD, “Pentagon StudyFinds Agencies Ill Equipped to Detect Foreign Nuclear Efforts”,New York Times, 24 Jan 2014).  [http://app.nytimes.com/#2014/01/24/world/us-efforts-to-detect-nuclear-programs-are-inadequate-pentagon-study-finds]

This site was created 11 May 2011 by Paul Emile Anders. Updated 4 June 2017