Boston based author on civil resistance?

Not sure if ill be able to provide enough info for this question but i was reading a news report recently about how the Egyptian rebels had been following the teachings of a civil resistance book written by an academic in Boston, it was/is supposedly the go to handbook on how to resist an authorotative power without resorting to violence but i cannot remember his name and its driving me nuts.

The only thing i remember is that the bok was split into a certain amount of rules but thats all i recall. Any help appreciated.