Description: Further DetailsTitle: Brutality in an Age of Human RightsCondition: NewSubtitle: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British EmpireISBN-10: 1501714651EAN: 9781501714658ISBN: 9781501714658Publisher: Cornell University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 01/15/2018Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 28gAuthor: Brian DrohanGenre: HistoryTopic: Military History, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Brutality in an Age of Human Rights
Title: Brutality in an Age of Human Rights
Subtitle: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire
ISBN-10: 1501714651
EAN: 9781501714658
ISBN: 9781501714658
Release Date: 01/15/2018
Release Year: 2018
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Brutality in an Age of Human Rights : Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Topic: Europe / Eastern, Revolutionary, Human Rights, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Ireland, Security (National & International), Middle East / General, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2018
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, History
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Brian Drohan
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
