 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gene Sharp 1928-2018 aive purofesa emeritus wesayenzi yezvematongerwo enyika paYunivhesiti yeMassachusetts Dartmouth. Iye anozivikanwa nokuda kwezvakanyorwa zvake zvakawanda pakurwisana kusina chisimba, izvo zvakafurira masangano akawanda anorwisana nehurumende pasi pose. Muna 1983 akatanga Albert Einstein Institution, sangano risingabatsiri rakazvipira kuzvidzidzo nekusimudzira kushandiswa kwechiito chisina chisimba mumakakatanwa pasi rose. Musoro mukuru waSharp ndewokuti simba harisi chinhu chimwe chete; ndiko kuti, harina kubva mune humwe unhu hwomukati hwevaya vari musimba. Nokuda kwaSharp, simba rezvematongerwe enyika, simba rehurumende ipi neipi - pasinei zvapo nesangano rayo rinokosha rakarongeka - pakupedzisira rinobva kuvanhu vomunyika yacho. Kudavira kwake kukuru ndekwokuti chimiro chipi nechipi chesimba chinotsamira pakuteerera kwavanhu mirairo yomutongi kana kuti vatongi. Kana vanhu vasingateereri, vatungamiriri havana simba. Sharp ave achinzi Machiavelli wokusashandisa chisimba uye Clausewitz wokurwisana kusina chisimba. Zvidzidzo zvaSharp zvakapesvedzera masangano okurwisana munyika yose. Munguva pfupi yapfuura, sangano rokuratidziraiyo yakadonhedza Mutungamiri Mubarak weEgypt yakatora zvikuru pamafungiro ake, pamwe chete nerwendo rwechiduku muTunisia, uye avo vekare muEastern European colour revolutions avo vakanga vambokurudzirwa nebasa raSharp. 