Transarmament - Definition and Overview

Transarmament (also known as civilian-based defense) is the partial or total replacement of armed forces with the physical and social infrastructure to support nonviolent resistance.

Also see:

• Nonviolence
• Anarchism

External links:

• http://www.fragmentsweb.org/stuff/nvwar.html
• Civilian-Based Defense: A Post-Military Weapons System (http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations.php3?action=printContentItem&orgid=88&typeID=16&itemID=70) by Gene Sharp