Empire's Violent End : : Comparing Dutch, British, and French Wars of Decolonization, 1945–1962 / / edited by Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis

• Pubblicazione: Ithaca [New York] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 325/.309405
• Soggetto topico: Political violence; Netherlandish colonies; French colonies; Decolonization; Counterinsurgency; British colonies; Anti-imperialist movements; Contre-rebellion - Afrique - Histoire - 20e siecle; Contre-rebellion - Asie du Sud-Est - Histoire - 20e siecle; Anti-imperialisme - Afrique - Histoire - 20e siecle; Anti-imperialisme - Asie du Sud-Est - Histoire - 20e siecle; Violence politique - Afrique - Histoire - 20e siecle; Violence politique - Asie du Sud-Est - Histoire - 20e siecle; Decolonisation - France - Histoire - 20e siecle; Decolonisation - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 20e siecle; Decolonisation - Pays-Bas - Histoire - 20e siecle; Decolonisation - Afrique - Histoire - 20e siecle; Decolonisation - Asie du Sud-Est - Histoire - 20e siecle; Counterinsurgency - Africa - History - 20th century; Counterinsurgency - Southeast Asia - History - 20th century; Anti-imperialist movements - Africa - History - 20th century; Anti-imperialist movements - Southeast Asia - History - 20th century; Political violence - Africa - History - 20th century; Political violence - Southeast Asia - History - 20th century; Decolonization - France - History - 20th century; Decolonization - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Decolonization - Netherlands - History - 20th century; Decolonization - Africa - History - 20th century; Decolonization - Southeast Asia - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Southeast Asia; Netherlands; Great Britain; France; Africa; France Colonies Histoire 20e siecle; Grande-Bretagne Colonies Histoire 20e siecle; Pays-Bas Colonies Histoire 20e siecle; France Colonies History 20th century; Great Britain Colonies History 20th century; Netherlands Colonies History 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: indonesian war of independence, colonial warfare and counterinsurgency, comparing the wars of decolonization, colonial violence, how colonial powers used extreme forms of violence
• Persona (resp. second.): LuttikhuisBart; Brocades ZaalbergThijs
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : Beyond the League Table of Barbarity : Comparing Extreme Violence during the Wars of Decolonization / Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis -- Not an Afterthought : Accountability for Colonial Violence in the Dutch and British Metropoles / Huw Bennett and Peter Romijn -- Windows onto the Micro-Dynamics of Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence : Evidence from Late Colonial Southeast Asia and Africa Compared / Roel Frakking and Martin Thomas -- Cracking Down on Revolutionary Zeal and Violence : Local Dynamics and Early Colonial Responses to the Independence Struggle in Indochina and the Indonesian Archipelago, 1945-1947 / Pierre Asselin and Henk Schulte Nordholt -- The Places, Traces, and Politics of Rape in the Indonesian and the Algerian Wars of Independence / Stef Scagliola and Natalya Vince, in collaboration with Khedidja Adel and Galuh Amba -- "The normal order of things" : Contextualizing "Technical Violence" in the Netherlands-Indonesia War / Azarja Harmanny and Brian McAllister Linn -- "Bloodshed on a rather large scale" : Tactical Conduct and Non-combatant Casualties in Dutch, French, and British Colonial Counterinsurgency / Christiaan Harinck -- Comparing the Afterlives, Political Uses, and Memories of Extreme Violence during the Wars of Decolonization in France, the Netherlands, and Britain / Raphaëlle Branche.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book explores various aspects of empire's violent end. The comparative analyses, focused mainly on Dutch, French and British cases, all revolve around the central questions of why, how, and to what extent security forces in service of the colonial powers in so many of the decolonization wars ended up using extreme violence" --
• Titolo autorizzato: Empire's Violent End
• ISBN: 1-5017-6416-0; 1-5017-6415-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996483170103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno