Brutality in an Age of Human Rights Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire
Brutality in an Age of Human Rights: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire

In Brutality in an Age of Human Rights, Brian Drohan demonstrates that British officials' choices concerning counterinsurgency methods have long been deeply influenced or even redirected by the work of human rights activists. To reveal how that influence was manifested by military policies and...

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1. Verfasser: Drohan, Brian 1983- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2018]
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Military History
Security Studies
HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Counterinsurgency > Cyprus
Counterinsurgency > Northern Ireland
Counterinsurgency > Yemen (Republic) > Aden
Human rights > Cyprus
Human rights > Northern Ireland
Human rights > Yemen (Republic) > Aden
Postcolonialism > Great Britain
Online-Zugang:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-739
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Zusammenfassung:In Brutality in an Age of Human Rights, Brian Drohan demonstrates that British officials' choices concerning counterinsurgency methods have long been deeply influenced or even redirected by the work of human rights activists. To reveal how that influence was manifested by military policies and practices, Drohan examines three British counterinsurgency campaigns-Cyprus (1955-1959), Aden (1963-1967), and the peak of the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland (1969-1976). This book is enriched by Drohan's use of a newly available collection of 1.2 million colonial-era files, International Committee of the Red Cross files, the extensive Troubles collection at Linen Hall Library in Belfast, and many other sources.Drohan argues that when faced with human rights activism, British officials sought to evade, discredit, and deflect public criticism of their actions to avoid drawing attention to brutal counterinsurgency practices such as the use of torture during interrogation. Some of the topics discussed in the book, such as the use of violence against civilians, the desire to uphold human rights values while simultaneously employing brutal methods, and the dynamic of wars waged in the glare of the media, are of critical interest to scholars, lawyers, and government officials dealing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and those to come in the future
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (256 pages)
ISBN:9781501714672
DOI:10.1515/9781501714672

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