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Allow me to pitch a related book with a somewhat different angle on the..topic:
How Nonviolence Protects the State, By Peter Gelderloos
Despite the title it is the most rational discussion on "violence" that I have ever seen, going into great detail on how often the cries for pacifism within various politcal movements are at the very least hypocritical if not downright dangerous to the lives of many people.
(Gelderloos was heavily involved in the movement attempting to shut down the School Of The Americas, a training facility for south american "allies" that specialized in torture)
It goes into great detail on some of the political whitewashing in the last few centuries, in particular regarding MLK and Gandhi.
Its a well sourced booklet and ive yet to read a coherent rebuttal of the claims Gelderloos makes(oh have I looked)
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here it is, for FREE:-D yay anarcho-something!
http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state
You should check out this book: How Nonviolence Protects the State
it's a polarizing book, but an insightful and thought-provoking one at that.
Pacifism as Pathology by Ward Churchill
How Non-Violence Protects the State by Peter Gelderloos - PDF
Deacons For Defense are one of several groups of armed black Americans during the civil rights movement.
Orgasms of History
from riot to insurrection more of the theoretical side than history
See also: general strikes and the riots that accompanied them. The history of the labor movement, which is full of strikes that became riots. The timeline of the civil rights movement, in that it was only after the riots began that meaningful civil rights legislation began to be adopted, and even MLK knew that the only reason they were giving him a seat at the table after calling him a communist etc... was because of the riots forcing them to deal with the non-violent moderates of the movement and make concessions.
How Nonviolence Protects the State
How Nonviolence Protects the State
Great list! Regarding the question of violence, I would add How Nonviolence Protects the State and Pacifism as Pathology because your list seems a slightly one-sided.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0896087727
here ya go
How Nonviolence Protects the State