Drohan, Brian
자료유형 | 단행본 |
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개인저자 | Drohan, Brian, 1983- |
서명/저자사항 | Brutality in an age of human rights:activism and counterinsurgency at the end of the British empire:Brian Drohan. |
발행사항 | Ithaca, NY:Cornell University Press,2017. |
형태사항 | xiv, 240 p:maps;24 cm. |
ISBN | 9781501714658 9781501714672 (ebk. - PDF) 9781501714665 (ebk. - ret) |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index. |
요약 | "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"-- |
해제 | Publisher's Web site. |
일반주제명 | Counterinsurgency -- Cyprus. Counterinsurgency -- Yemen (Republic) -- Aden. Counterinsurgency -- Northern Ireland. Human rights -- Cyprus. Human rights -- Yemen (Republic) -- Aden. Human rights -- Northern Ireland. Postcolonialism -- Great Britain. |
주제명(지명) | CyprusHistoryWar for Union with Greece, 1955-1959.Yemen (Arab Republic)History1962-1970.Northern IrelandHistory1968-1998. |
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