Age of Emergency - Living With Violence At the End of the British Empire

Age of Emergency examines how metropolitan Britons understood colonial violence in the two decades after V-E Day when "small wars" raged on the frontiers of empire in Malaya, Kenya, and Cyprus.

Sommario

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction: The Wars Were Like a Mist


• Part I: Knowing about Violence


• Chapter 1: Out of Apathy


• Chapter 2: War Stories


• Part II: Justifying Violence


• Chapter 3: Violence without Limits


• Chapter 4: The Claims of Conscience


• Part III: Living with Violence


• Chapter 5: Covering Counterinsurgency


• Chapter 6: Performing Counterinsurgency


• Epilogue: The Afterlives of Colonial War


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

Info autore

Erik Linstrum is Associate Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Ruling Minds: Psychology in the British Empire, which won the George Louis Beer Prize of the American Historical Association.

Riassunto

Age of Emergency examines how metropolitan Britons understood colonial violence in the two decades after V-E Day when "small wars" raged on the frontiers of empire in Malaya, Kenya, and Cyprus.

Testo aggiuntivo

Age of Emergency: Living with Violence at the End of the British Empire, Erik Linstrum uses a variety of methodological sources (e.g. surveys, archival documents, personal papers/diaries, films, newspaper articles and graffiti) to build a richer understanding of British society during this period of national reckoning.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erik Linstrum, Erik (Associate Professor of History Linstrum
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.04.2023
• EAN: 9780197572030
• ISBN: 978-0-19-757203-0
• Pagine: 328
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Malaysia, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, British Empire, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, HISTORY / Africa / East, Kenya, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Cyprus, African History, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General