Second-Generation Liberation Wars - Rethinking Colonialism in Iraqi Kurdistan and Southern Sudan

An exploration of the strategies that both governments and insurgents employed in the liberation wars in Iraqi Kurdistan and South Sudan.

Sommario

Acknowledgements; Maps; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Practices, Roles, Colonialism and Decolonisation: Rethinking Post-Colonial Separatist Wars; 2. The Historical and Ideational Context of Post-Colonial Liberation Wars; 3. Post-colonial Governments and Counterinsurgency: The Return of Colonial Practices; 4. Second-Generation Liberation Strategies; 5. Transition in Liberation: From Guerrilla Fighting to State-Building; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Info autore

Yaniv Voller is a Senior Lecturer in the Politics of the Middle East at the University of Kent. He is the author of The Kurdish Liberation Movement in Iraq: From Insurgency to Statehood (2014). His articles have appeared in leading journals on international politics and Middle East studies.

Riassunto

Exploring the history of the liberation wars in Iraqi Kurdistan and South Sudan, this book analyses both the rebels' strategies and government counterinsurgency responses for insights into their evolution and the practices and roles that emerged in the subsequent period.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yaniv Voller, Yaniv (University of Kent Voller, Voller Yaniv
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009073042
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907304-2
• Pagine: 285
• Serie: Intelligence and National Security in Africa and the Middle East
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state