Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Brutality in an Age of Human Rights: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire
    Brutality in an Age of Human Rights: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire
    Brutality in an Age of Human Rights: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire
    Ebook466 pages6 hours

    Brutality in an Age of Human Rights: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire

    By Brian Drohan

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCornell University Press
    Release dateJan 15, 2018
    ISBN9781501714665
    Brutality in an Age of Human Rights: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire

    Related to Brutality in an Age of Human Rights

    Related ebooks

    Wars & Military For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      From The Archives

      Sep 16, 2021

      From The Archives
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Korean War That Almost Was

      Mar 5, 2019

      The Korean War That Almost Was
      10 min read

    • Article

      ‘Public Intellectuals’ Challenge Dogma

      Mar 20, 2021

      THIS is an extract from The Fabric of Dissent: Public Intellectuals in South Africa, which focuses on how key figures throughout South Africa’s history have shaped our approaches to matters, including poverty, religious conflict and war. HOW WE rela

      3 min read

    • Article

      Street Cred

      Sep 13, 2022

      Something I always get asked when teaching self-defense is, “What’s the best martial art?” That’s actually a multitiered question that requires a multitiered answer, and before I reply, I usually ask a question of my own: “Best martial art for what?”

      8 min read

    • Article

      Torture By Water

      Feb 12, 2019

      Torture By Water
      8 min read

    • Article

      Be Cool …

      Apr 18, 2023

      Be Cool …
      7 min read

    • Article

      Perennial Patriot Games

      Aug 3, 2018

      Perennial Patriot Games
      3 min read

    • Article

      Protector Symposium 5.0

      Apr 18, 2023

      Protection is an individual right and an individual responsibility. This statement shouldn’t be controversial in the slightest, but in recent years, an increasing number of politicians and lawmakers have expressed a belief that protection is solely t

      11 min read

    • Article

      CHINA’s Stealth Attack

      Aug 1, 2020

      CHINA’s Stealth Attack
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Year in Letters

      Dec 21, 2018

      The Year in Letters
      5 min read

    • Article

      American Mandarins

      Mar 1, 2022

      American Mandarins
      22 min read

    • Article

      Civilizing Nazis?

      Oct 11, 2022

      Civilizing Nazis?
      9 min read

    • Article

      The Common Genius of Lincoln and Einstein: The president and the physicist teach us a lesson about moral genius.

      Oct 30, 2014

      Abraham Lincoln would still be remembered today as a self-taught prairie prodigy and an astute political operator who crushed the Confederate uprising, even without the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the end of slavery. Albert

      6 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Mar 14, 2024

      I wanted to write in to say how moved I was by Hannah Skoda’s article on the history of breastfeeding (An Act of Love, February). I became a mum myself quite recently, and wasn’t ready for how breastfeeding can feel lonely, frustrating, beautiful and

      4 min read

    • Article

      Why There Was a Civil War

      May 1, 2017

      Why There Was a Civil War
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Brutality in an Age of Human Rights

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Brutality in an Age of Human Rights - Brian Drohan

       Pabook_preview_excerpt.html}۲Ǖԣ([H!)31QJP /3u'YkpؚxTeܗoo~]Sn k_t?8_7W#v/˱-~UWԎa׾-qo!|c=lox7/jyvxSO6|e@{o⇶UWȯ>7t][ujIׇ|Ⱬâxˎ߭4ֵEqoM]oԌœ⪩~3՟_׾nqѓ1ҳn<<_oj|-(ci /%[hO_񟞵8jyw/1 X | {_}xMu{U8ɟ?waW]? #*ʺ9zvnO{;nXvX3.'nɚnx]ѿ(Ԯ}ϵ~m}vVU+mw^GBnS`jj{cru 2^VQQŋ_yko\i/ 6_<}4>黭k mw]_v?fGuv?k+1H#9c B( #t[_ &G??kphuU]`Iۺ,qj/][gB`uAs3MnEGїc&CbpVeЫ~e?zt7;݉,o$q^ƻ䇋n|sm1=Nϯo܀@LnZ;. W跐WѯV=ηd2M]_` Y놂r(O=E-'!{9qj%mA`L~糗)a*7n$(beǟH0MէTzR] o.AdKp!u꽫 ~tFNC׻Q^WIXӒ0DV v*՜E7~Ţ0vjp0}q!f2% ً'<:EK1 PZDH)E1o*y8qiM C'O;'(X^sPCpf]MX7moݰZ=` []R~y@X<M,TQ?ߺ-x]ʅqpKU d1 /t{x'?C. Av'GG~M6Tϻ5~@A&Љk%G2?FYK hpǧz}(^+>Z#F@7]y} *l*h tu "agজe dEQ  3xyUSJQ~ };+wnχ/+[pZq9\lG=(^N$s8!;;@^X!'A ,c#kuYj hj ?σ2~_C&OEEIe,2@S| U\(c}+A90Ueq,{Tw}}}V;FQM~ {G` _O.wst0Q^҉~wid 1y8>0JcMOrI^&vE7@utT]T\M7U%0*iTU8ٙ;1ā+=t'9:p#0XHC'| Ch;Df[͸k]A$+(h21  (Q[ yV~cK5 j֭/ = LB@)~;&&w"I2x&Ez)p8ai2|Gz6«*38^ҭ,+L5 5Դ3뿍NF< <c@>XՕSp)QE*%YKNu 5 j oBNbFiV``mT@;wF[bKV~دx&Gz#PN̺H`n}LBg/߽yw^ͲWۙEw?pU?݇Mra7!FS"7uY nkvZu3$G.e:/ RtWAWN8*8_|=,8&H&PESDC f^RDTnHxcY֨ {&q%h稍<)H5B'v+-%1n)MA9%39qHDjA H)?`,,ˮ̫8:utp ұ΀8PA﷮?1/t`tJ={)_uO#,mJ `ݴ3(+rӾ8e^wV(?2c!I-^j$D?YO]8oGZb NxJGDP?ubA2NN\UhXx̮g(s$WеXV r1!c l9)Zߓ;-$r\o% VFkA=8ᰟ\4<8OT$e^Ƃ%t7 IJèLJC6&{ΣFR8l1֫Kt14tx-S-/ux ^v@-%#!<+{fda(Hf=J ٌi'&thT6K'sXR5 †/ar/~?O%#V~xxK9?; xͰ!+˻0>IIM>0J]CX3w@\FUZQ>I[{vI'.#>25 : 7(9ŬX٭ҚQ^:jw~madBӅb.H|Wnb M*3PJ3qIe(9nXR ):wsJa E˃|C } @q (A-=e1Gjpsܴ0P-ؕ%)AKYNPfjlY)nBK ~iy%Slz Bk?,jfx0}̚kojj#Z]s-cuC1e@9G:C1- U}S"jeQx~΅RUKsFջZ bğ$3܉Cq,zNܓ69r1@[>JfTv,C < KI^$kOX]/bp[faM][4#p嵰I4)1(Wig%5!A!wd sɊDY-iU}BQ',e|v(?d#,慛Hr`2_jU|`I[q@G"H)g0W$v tob&yEtmjHLDR 9}'*^v3QTD,C?0El{|Y rk %@C`PBEհ_ScͼؼE 6.Vɽ8՛_YHDƷvIj,T+@۵x\Ap0(u8E+jTdrs%.RW`9{ $IxGWӐbA5UPYGV[?HjJv`&3+ #%b?rywŇOoE8U<(i'Xz,卧HpVnqUŖȲi4X ImJװc^'i B+D{Ivjj}-lK `gZ!qLX GBACM߾xfZ΅ ֕|"e˺:R+N>sLeȭ|x0f,l Da4{$Vu^‹L_XJ)\L޲"*(%:}Z|":u2_' q }wZ 1E6rhzls7u_t>)ّ$< K(cߦr,+ =v43Z/hR?10d\{|x_G4pA`KJg!h":+k~!FBj-Ӥɕ afDݓ3B&x2AߕRbe%mb 0̓g@$.՘3[(TC|u%;yUg=gP'Pze;C=d}j-k0iQJ[9'!*TH @P%XP>FjbP34&8ҹIE^ϴfDC3ً"N7cFQ=Kl:g"w@te첱CJhtE`3>&gG]H0 @B2r53t3XFj':-g̈́'k4q/<6-B:6uG*Tt೴,:مdMsuF[uQB1}[v gX Rt ̮ÙyN*3o|AKW+AJC('2yS,7mLSN MM9R .G|BҾ[[' #n 0K 4WiJUVLrVf64fAb[I|M.Yě ĐޯžZc(՜ďf7?n.hɶn3CPO)CUP$pqF02D͐JX~ oD+-C9slߓ PFb]ܾOmG]jZ mJbg)G8#IÔ5SanTJ௳,us[uŲS b>X'P E]kqRf٭l$0<溕퇩6o6tV8}=|:B(=<Ɣ:͂ :nH╰eh%ɸd! 'mM W3O(YEzհI5'Һnj0_$8uD#X%B`pd $U*HfFhd6Ji(O'cL/ v/FbďDdXiuSXIgr]Ⱥڬhd21X Գg*JqӼ]6I+]+ԫ3z t\rGۀH:7'?DKZJuymX71TIi i׃2̋ }vQB:>9$Kך>Ѧ1o?aQݮ]nOM#ZLZjZm8mt)gu%}[Yv-uo2F8Lre) 0̺X7i7Ч=ñ~{d<6rYElnt,ȷȥp?:ouxF߯e9>A-,hno`ŠC҇KA=rY\OŠp\*6i|+uTR^S͒>2`ƍ,.,le}zAo':D nj,5Bۙ^w7ә:L t-K@G=A8QQLʞضza.:L)\1d(;4!+)Ԕ * SP[}X\ -!j'NѣyHV ɔn')+ʴcƇc!*Msa0+%ea{9Y]Eۺ'Dk*1 Os7ceމгUιaW8[U&ԓVe'~gdȖ_s'qQ˒ѵ5qwC;!H;nG)LEqF{m:%{tZmDOvwVadސ~.IREv">XAIAɚw[K[ʕ`g})U#Wt`N8KuW,]rD7` L1aIDoyq)uy͆ZJi}Y#޶pY`nG#cTu3H aVLMcv[Ua7c1@`kV[>_ͲH?ϙNKF^yfFРn6`ycz.[,j-7V:ꄉ02_zХJ^3Ěqt̂֏VڤA >hn$BNBdb5aDYN$BkXݩ i+>J"9rxI"%>ꕠ,lWZl,&@c΍N|NFnUgCݸ6 Z8<(`+rt[,g*$sϱb • R%1CfZ5`F0HOT;ys[%HAs=] ށx:BLT#h OYniX]E/s4';ilty6Z_8l,l5 QS+ v* 'K!wIlu`#1h~W4+#U¯N5pDkrV5/)n0'!Ujީʼ|uWO(75\y/:81+%r+]7ݝ8'3isHyUqKGN}޵O"_k4Qy6;[{4lӲz Jvl:Clw'ޜu|wNxVUs(=0Ƙ-Ҭ3ޠiq)w4#O 3e{QaLq09+gg4KkPkAY~X > <8e?$-:e~s]1Z+¦wȘU{)(<$NuFxb(Z1f8b&Zjq"şװ;We훒I3*Hl+"䥶9 5]:KZaQ@ qv΀1F|ZSwBA, muU,A{GB̧ɞLm{=~%ΡUt]f!F.Vby: Ϛ#Ujm[RBTMmGZouq~i S*$&!RJcbpc޶|JO} ~/{G^(+~ Y>ZjhAЙZ hAXT|X3r !a% E~ 뗱JQǑ7Ub;wfÃoo8LU&H+ͦ0*9kbB eˈK_8ôhNqX7l`Σ;=>ַ /M4Bk[<>*]O2î, }ms] "a77 t6f^V5my7 cg '0yѫ;-j`햅;u  5L6&k4 `Jpaڠf eJGks"nҠ0">`b,*ŽY[H0vByۦ?ӈU7 a~f*HVW! 4M6Ac!xorsEigsN8ӕ4ݍQk]/w^GH@P~ qCti0z`g8Ø<ڌVҠY;Tr'tC=k~^SZnAcd^Xg!b'#,Cb}33`w*#:jV(SX)KPLCEK֬$4AȏQM;d{f2R]:wogg&H;cr5c^-+a8U? J2dloXbFJyJkޖn|8i?j.c#2kuΫ }Sj9a^-[ZWx3v8 oncY1]w\be(zPJbV`r,ڷkBgÇc,\9MnA,e A\Yٕ҇iJ+XN;O"zd(d"I 0W?u$L5N㽏gvORUdOo]}"%V!Y}WTˆH?q,$^tVv}jjͬH-! ] vL9tkxK_@*B*\JL3"2u5з v7$:`F;/"-<Yq5Ԃ^3ݛHhK&!c6Mx쵝j^!0fB$.;ڡMhC-OV;.H٦Y VBޒ%/_/ U{rL("Khp=Ճ?{kD2wwc䶂#z\X`:]35bidژ{Ɨt0 G3Eccg ҉-~MajڄP:0%ߣLӕ(;mV,|xXڅJpk``xɨkPS2ɦ- Ҋ2ϔrIy5aF6BwHNn .}XbnmPX,Xt KgCwTħSAm4%'-{XB]T; T; Z-5l:~hck9K݅UG7Ɓavtλt驏) 嗍U-ю2NNCݗyR@W\qN t[:WqŃn kS ݩtIҡb&3bgZ@RԶ!WKyHD_i^od 2V%W_Fq9Ci@)HJDO.>ud.H*y&b_-a!.K_Mk (! 12YMyw3&8:גּ?4T휩uEN.v$s&3s %ʋp9!* 0D@)7Jh&J۝[c+o9w vP$9w 9Cq0nV"!Fh ĺYA YhlDLT ByOA:3A'34)M٫_ұh>Ǣl L ߹)Khv&j1S3iu[ Lǣ:yy!M lh= qQO]cbI; B_^W4gTԖM`p F Xi8=hw>: ?׬eDٍH)ʆ[·*$6L&AXjq0sVA)8qtNrDeKa~CB+/Na2V7"-0vj3m6 AV=JfʧnIhM[]o\/&kKkc[_mJ]ʠNB%Je0m =kUn$=">jϼ|^,>ː4Snr3kC"*H\>8]*W<˳}lM,*\^dׁG?!r,]"2F%Bf~ ӓ!stQ CБ/9朐0t+\ ľOs wԪJτUdiT45d;gpbߘʂ{*gh5烃r6TϽ##Rg-_׭
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1