Sophia Dingli
The Aden pivot? British counter-insurgency after Aden
Dingli, Sophia; Kennedy, Caroline
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Caroline Kennedy
Abstract
This article argues that the Aden Insurgency was a pivotal moment in the history of British counter-insurgency. We argue that it was in Aden where the newfound strength of human rights discourse, embodied in Amnesty International, and of anti-colonial sentiment, expressed by the UN General Assembly, forced the British government to pay attention to public perceptions of colonial brutality. Using archival sources, we foreground three episodes in the history of the insurgency to support our argument and to illustrate that the changes witnessed were not the result of ‘learning’ but of a fundamental shift in the international environment.
Citation
Dingli, S., & Kennedy, C. (2014). The Aden pivot? British counter-insurgency after Aden. Civil Wars, 16(1), 86-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2014.904987
Online Publication Date | May 8, 2014 |
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Publication Date | Jan 2, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Jun 15, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 27, 2022 |
Journal | Civil wars |
Print ISSN | 1369-8249 |
Electronic ISSN | 1743-968X |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 86-104 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2014.904987 |
Keywords | Aden insurgency, British counter-insurgency |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/439635 |
Publisher URL | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13698249.2014.904987 |
Additional Information | Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=fciv20 |
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