04593nam 2200805Ia 450 991078830740332120211008220807.00-8122-0782-310.9783/9780812207828(CKB)3170000000060343(OCoLC)859160810(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748491(SSID)ssj0000949476(PQKBManifestationID)11529057(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949476(PQKBWorkID)10996411(PQKB)11633157(MdBmJHUP)muse24654(DE-B1597)449674(OCoLC)979834084(DE-B1597)9780812207828(Au-PeEL)EBL3442102(CaPaEBR)ebr10748491(CaONFJC)MIL682448(MiAaPQ)EBC3442102(EXLCZ)99317000000006034320121107d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHuman rights in the shadow of colonial violence[electronic resource] the wars of independence in Kenya and Algeria /Fabian Klose ; translated by Dona Geyer1st ed.Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20131 online resource (388 p.)Pennsylvania Studies in Human RightsEnglish translation of Menschenrechte im Schatten kolonialer Gewalt: die Dekolonisierungskriege in Kenia und Algerien 1945-1962, published in 2009 by Oldenbourg.1-322-51166-7 0-8122-4495-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Abbreviations --Preface --Chapter 1. Introduction --Chapter 2. The New World Order, 1941-1948 --Chapter 3. Contested Decolonization, 1945-1962 --Chapter 4. The Legitimation of Colonial Violence --Chapter 5. The Unleashing of Colonial Violence --Chapter 6. The International Discourse on Human Rights as Marked by the Wars of Decolonization --Chapter 7. Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --Index --AcknowledgmentsHuman Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence explores the relationship between the human rights movement emerging after 1945 and the increasing violence of decolonization. Based on material previously inaccessible in the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Human Rights Commission, this comparative study uses the Mau Mau War (1952-1956) and the Algerian War (1954-1962) to examine the policies of two major imperial powers, Britain and France. Historian Fabian Klose considers the significance of declared states of emergency, counterinsurgency strategy, and the significance of humanitarian international law in both conflicts. Klose's findings from these previously confidential archives reveal the escalating violence and oppressive tactics used by the British and French military during these anticolonial conflicts in North and East Africa, where Western powers that promoted human rights in other areas of the world were opposed to the growing global acceptance of freedom, equality, self-determination, and other postwar ideals. Practices such as collective punishment, torture, and extrajudicial killings did lasting damage to international human rights efforts until the end of decolonization. Clearly argued and meticulously researched, Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence demonstrates the mutually impacting histories of international human rights and decolonization, expanding our understanding of political violence in human rights discourse.Pennsylvania studies in human rights.Human rightsKenyaHuman rightsAlgeriaKenyaHistoryMau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960AlgeriaHistoryRevolution, 1954-1962Great BritainColoniesAfricaFranceColoniesAfricaAfrican Studies.African-American Studies.European History.History.Human Rights.Law.Political Science.World History.Human rightsHuman rights965/.046Klose Fabian871428Geyer Dona1475958MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788307403321Human rights in the shadow of colonial violence3690360UNINA