Decolonization and Conflict: Colonial Comparisons and Legacies

by Gareth Curless and Martin Thomas

Book Overview

Insurgency-based irregular warfare typifies armed conflict in the post-Cold War age. For some years now, western and other governments have struggled to contend with ideologically driven guerrilla movements, religiously inspired militias, and systematic targeting of civilian populations. Numerous conflicts of this type are rooted in experiences of empire breakdown. Yet few multi-empire studies of decolonisation's violence exist. Decolonization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474250386
• ISBN13: 9781474250382
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"