List of Abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The New World Order, 1941-1948
Chapter 3. Contested Decolonization, 1945-1962
Chapter 4. The Legitimation of Colonial Violence
Chapter 5. The Unleashing of Colonial Violence
Chapter 6. The International Discourse on Human Rights as Marked by
the Wars of Decolonization
Chapter 7. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
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.
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.
"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*
"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*
"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*
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