likely to use violence. a movement can -- or i'd say that nonviolence or violence, either way might lead a movement to success under different conditions related to who the nature of their struggle, the nature of international dynamics, the kinds of resources they have. my question was not so much about explaining success as much as explaining this curious pattern between violence and nonviolence given the degree to which violence can be so devastate ising for all involved and the degree to which the world seems to want to support nonviolation as the moral option. part of the lesson i'm drawing is if we really support nonviolence, we can't also ignore these internal dynamics, and we can't support continued divisions, in the palestinian case, or contribute to a situation in which continued division is very likely and then ask why not violence or why

nonviolence? they're two sides of the same coin, and you always have to give consideration to this internal organizational part of the story. not just ask why are palestinians so radical, why do they hate israel and so forth. there are domestic political causes and dynamics that create this kind of violence. palestinians have real domestic politics just like we have domestic politics and israel has domestic politics. it's not just a matter of religion. it's not just a matter of the single charismatic leadership that presses a button on and and off, violence or nonviolence. it's not just a matter of ideology. there are real domestic political issues to which we have to attend. >> host: wendy pearlman, assistant professor of political science here at northwestern university and the author of this book, "violence, nonviolence and the palestine national movement." you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction

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>> that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> former deputy assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs thomas christensen is next on booktv. he argues that the real challenge in the region lies in dissuading china from participating in regional aggression and encouraging the country to contribute to the global order. [inaudible conversations]