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The Oxford Handbook of Late Colonial Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies
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Martin Thomas (Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of ExeterSenior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Exeter) Gareth Curless (Professor of Imperial History, Professor of Imperial History, University of ExeterProfessor of Imperial History, University of Exeter)

The Oxford Handbook of Late Colonial Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies

Martin Thomas (Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of ExeterSenior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Exeter),  Gareth Curless (Professor of Imperial History, Professor of Imperial History, University of ExeterProfessor of Imperial History, University of Exeter)

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Oxford University Press
07 November 2023
General & world history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions; Political subversion
Series: Oxford Handbooks
The lethality of conflicts between insurgent groups and counter-insurgent security forces has risen markedly since the Second World War just as those of conventional, or inter-state wars have declined. For several decades, conflicts within states rather than between them have been the prevalent form of organised political violence worldwide. Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria have fired interest in colonial experiences of rebellion, while current western interventions in sub-Saharan Africa have prompted accusations of 'militarist humanitarianism'. Yet, despite mounting interest in counter-insurgency and empire, comparative investigation of colonial responses to insurrection and civil disorder is sparse. Some scholars have written of a 'golden age of counter-insurgency', which began with Britain's declaration of a Malayan Emergency in 1948 and ended with the withdrawal of US ground troops from Vietnam in 1973. It is with this period, if not with any presumed 'golden age' that this volume is concerned. This Handbook connects ideas about contested decolonization and the insurgencies that inspired it with an analysis of patterns and singularities in the conflicts that precipitated the collapse of overseas empires. It attempts a systematic study of the global effects of organized anti-colonial violence in Asia and Africa. The objective is to reconceptualize late colonial violence in the European overseas empires by exploring its distinctive character and the globalizing processes underpinning it.
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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 250mm,  Width: 79mm,  Spine: 45mm
Weight:   1.488kg
ISBN:   9780198866787
ISBN 10:   019886678X
Series:   Oxford Handbooks
Pages:   768
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Martin Thomas is Professor of Imperial History at the University of Exeter, where he has taught since 2003. He is co-director of Exeter's Centre for Histories of Violence and Conflict, which brings together researchers with interests in historical approaches to studying collective violence, its meanings, and impacts. He is a past winner of a Philip Leverhulme research prize and a holder of Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowships. He is also a fellow of the Independent Social Research Foundation. He works on decolonization and political violence. Gareth Curless is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Exeter, where he has taught since 2013. He is a historian of decolonization, with a particular interest in histories of work, class, and the 'labour question' at the end of empire.

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