Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence: The Wars of Independence in Kenya and Algeria

Fabian Klose

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2013

Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence

The Wars of Independence in Kenya and Algeria

Fabian Klose
Translated by: Dona Geyer

In the series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207828

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Based on previously inaccessible material from international archives, Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence examines the relationship between emerging human rights concepts after 1945 and repressive British and French actions against anticolonial movements in Africa.

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Fabian Klose teaches history at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and is Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz. Dona Geyer is an independent translator based in Germany.

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Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2014

Reviews of the German edition:

"In an elegant and very readable way, Fabian Klose combines three topics in his work: the origins of the international human rights regime, decolonization, and the unchecked use of force. . . . A superbly readable depiction of the subject and chock-full of sources."—Wolfgang Büttner, sehepunkte

"A major contribution to the study of areas in decolonization history that have been largely unexplored until now, namely the role of human rights discourse and the unchecked use of force. . . . Using copious sources, including those from several previously unused archival collections, [Klose] has succeeded in advancing research on the history of violence and human rights in decolonization a good deal."—Jan Eckel, Archiv für Sozialgeschichte online

"The originality of [Klose's] approach lies in placing the radicalization of colonial violence by both colonial powers, Great Britain and France, in the context of the international human rights regime that emerged after the Second World War. . . . In all, Klose has made a substantial contribution to decolonization research."—Andreas Eckert, Historische Zeitschrift

"Hard-hitting and heroically researched in a vast number of far-flung archives, Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence asks what post-World War II international norms meant on the ground for states fighting counterinsurgencies on behalf of settler colonialism."—Samuel Moyn, Columbia University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Chapter 1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. The New World Order, 1941–1948 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Chapter 3. Contested Decolonization, 1945–1962 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 4. The Legitimation of Colonial Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Chapter 5. The Unleashing of Colonial Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Chapter 6. The International Discourse on Human Rights as Marked by the Wars of Decolonization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 392
Keywords: Political Science; African-American Studies; African Studies; History; Human Rights; Law; European History; World History

eBook

Published: April 22, 2013
ISBN: 9780812207828