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Brutality in an age of human rights : activism and counterinsurgency at the end of the British empire / / Brian Drohan



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Autore: Drohan Brian <1983-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Brutality in an age of human rights : activism and counterinsurgency at the end of the British empire / / Brian Drohan Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Ithaca, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2017
©2017
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina: 355.021809171209045
Soggetto topico: Counterinsurgency - Cyprus
Counterinsurgency - Yemen (Republic) - Yemen, South
Counterinsurgency - Northern Ireland
Human rights - Cyprus
Human rights - Yemen (Republic) - Yemen, South
Human rights - Northern Ireland
Postcolonialism - Great Britain
Soggetto geografico: Cyprus History War for Union with Greece, 1955-1959
Yemen (Arab Republic) History 1962-1970
Northern Ireland History 1968-1998
Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2018.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1. A Lawyers' War -- 2. The Shadow of Strasbourg -- 3. "Hunger War" -- 4. "This Unhappy Affair" -- 5. "A More Talkative Place" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Brutality in an age of human rights  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-5017-1467-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910823086003321
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