The wars of decolonization fought by European colonial powers after 1945 had their origins in the fraught history of imperial domination, but were framed and shaped by the emerging politics of the Cold War. In all the counter-insurgencies mounted against armed nationalist risings in this period, the European colonial powers employed locally recruited militias - styled as 'loyalists' - to fight their 'dirty wars'. These loyalist histories have been neglected in the nationalist narratives that have dominated the post-decolonization landscape, and this book offers the first comparative assessment…mehr
The wars of decolonization fought by European colonial powers after 1945 had their origins in the fraught history of imperial domination, but were framed and shaped by the emerging politics of the Cold War. In all the counter-insurgencies mounted against armed nationalist risings in this period, the European colonial powers employed locally recruited militias - styled as 'loyalists' - to fight their 'dirty wars'. These loyalist histories have been neglected in the nationalist narratives that have dominated the post-decolonization landscape, and this book offers the first comparative assessment of the role played by these allies at the end of empire. Their experience illuminates the deeper ambiguities of the decolonization story: some loyalists were subjected to vengeful violence at liberation; others actually claimed the victory for themselves and seized control of the emergent state; while others still maintained a role as fighting units into the Cold War. The overlap between the history of decolonization and the emergence of the Cold War is a central theme in the studies presented here. The collection discusses the categorization of these 'irregular auxiliary' forces after 1945, and presents seven case studies from five European colonialisms, covering nine former colonies - Portugal (Angola), the Netherlands (Indonesia), France (Algeria), Belgium (Congo) and Britain (Cyprus, Kenya, Aden, South Yemen and Oman). This book was originally published as a special issue of the International History Review.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David M. Anderson is Professor of African History in the Global History and Culture Centre at the University of Warwick, UK. He has published widely on the history and politics of eastern Africa, including The Khat Controversy (2007), and Histories of the Hanged (2005). He is the editor of The Routledge Handbook of African Politics (2013). He is currently engaged in wider research on the history of empire and violence. Daniel Branch is Professor of Modern African History at the University of Warwick, UK. He is theauthor of Defeating Mau Mau, Creating Kenya (2009), and Kenya: Between Hope and Despair 1963-2012 (2011). He is now researching a book about the life of Tom Mboya, Kenya's most charismatic political leader of the 1960s.
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Introduction: Allies at the End of Empire-Loyalists Nationalists and the Cold War 1945-76 1. Irregular Auxiliaries after 1945 2. 'Gathered on the Point of a Bayonet': the Negara Pasundan and the Colonial Defence of Indonesia 1946-50 3. Making the Loyalist Bargain: Surrender Amnesty and Impunity in Kenya's Decolonization 1952-63 4. Toads and Informers: How the British Treated their Collaborators during the Cyprus Emergency 1955-9 5. Reprisal Violence and the Harkis in French Algeria 1962 6. The suppression of the Congo rebellions and the rise of Mobutu 1963-5 7. Saved by the Civil War: African 'Loyalists' in the Portuguese Armed Forces and Angola's Transition to Independence 8. Out of Arabia: British Strategy and the Fate of Local Forces in Aden South Yemen and Oman 1967-76
Introduction: Allies at the End of Empire-Loyalists Nationalists and the Cold War 1945-76 1. Irregular Auxiliaries after 1945 2. 'Gathered on the Point of a Bayonet': the Negara Pasundan and the Colonial Defence of Indonesia 1946-50 3. Making the Loyalist Bargain: Surrender Amnesty and Impunity in Kenya's Decolonization 1952-63 4. Toads and Informers: How the British Treated their Collaborators during the Cyprus Emergency 1955-9 5. Reprisal Violence and the Harkis in French Algeria 1962 6. The suppression of the Congo rebellions and the rise of Mobutu 1963-5 7. Saved by the Civil War: African 'Loyalists' in the Portuguese Armed Forces and Angola's Transition to Independence 8. Out of Arabia: British Strategy and the Fate of Local Forces in Aden South Yemen and Oman 1967-76
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