David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

that backfired so spectacularly for the
British in Northern Ireland and for the
Three Strikes campaign in California.
The excessive use of force creates
legitimacy problems, and force without
legitimacy leads to defiance, not
submission. You could kill André
Trocmé. But in all likelihood, all that
would mean is that another André
Trocmé would rise in his place.
When Trocmé was ten years old, his
family drove one day to their house in
the country. He was in the backseat with
his two brothers and a cousin. His
parents were in the front. His father
grew angry at a car driving too slowly in
front of them and pulled out to pass.