Civil Disobedience and the German Courts

The Pershing Missile Protests in Comparative Perspective

af Peter (University of Maryland E. Quint

In the 1980s the West German Peace Movement - fearing that the stationing of NATO nuclear missiles in Germany threatened an imminent nuclear war in Europe - engaged in massive protests, including sustained civil disobedience in the form of sit-down demonstrations. This book traces the historical and philosophical background of this movement.