LEADER 04005nam 2200733 450 001 9910466798603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-1467-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501714672 035 $a(CKB)3840000000334842 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4987891 035 $a(OCoLC)988581168 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65595 035 $a(DLC) 2017026166 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001929458 035 $a(DE-B1597)496572 035 $a(OCoLC)1020026468 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501714672 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4987891 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11498740 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000334842 100 $a20180206h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBrutality in an age of human rights $eactivism and counterinsurgency at the end of the British empire /$fBrian Drohan 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (257 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2018. 311 $a1-5017-1466-X 311 $a1-5017-1465-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tMaps -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. A Lawyers' War -- $t2. The Shadow of Strasbourg -- $t3. "Hunger War" -- $t4. "This Unhappy Affair" -- $t5. "A More Talkative Place" -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zCyprus 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zYemen (Republic)$zYemen, South 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zNorthern Ireland 606 $aHuman rights$zCyprus 606 $aHuman rights$zYemen (Republic)$zYemen, South 606 $aHuman rights$zNorthern Ireland 606 $aPostcolonialism$zGreat Britain 607 $aCyprus$xHistory$yWar for Union with Greece, 1955-1959 607 $aYemen (Arab Republic)$xHistory$y1962-1970 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xHistory$y1968-1998 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aPostcolonialism 676 $a355.021809171209045 700 $aDrohan$b Brian$f1983-$01053544 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466798603321 996 $aBrutality in an age of human rights$92485501 997 $aUNINA