British Ways of Counter-insurgency

A Historical Perspective

Matthew Hughes (Brunel University, UK)

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Routledge
14 October 2024

European history; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Military history; Archaeology; Warfare & defence

This edited collection examines the British ‘way’ in counter-insurgency. It brings together and consolidates new scholarship on the counter-insurgency associated with the end of empire, foregrounding a dark and violent history of British imperial rule, one that stretched back to the nineteenth century and continued until the final collapse of the British Empire in the 1960s. The essays gathered in the collection cover the period from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s; they are both empirical and conceptual in tone.

This edited collection pivots on the theme of the nature of the force used by Britain against colonial insurgents. It argues that the violence employed by British security forces in counter-insurgency to maintain imperial rule is best seen from a maximal perspective, contra traditional arguments that the British used minimum force to defeat colonial rebellions. Case studies are drawn from across the British Empire, covering a period of some hundred years, but they concentrate on the savage wars of decolonisation after 1945. The collection includes a historiographical essay and one on the ‘lost’ Hanslope archive by the scholar chosen by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to manage the release of the papers held.

This book was published as a special issue of Small Wars and Insurgencies.

Edited by: Matthew Hughes (Brunel University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032925035
ISBN 10: 1032925035
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 14 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Matthew Hughes is Chair in History and Head of the Department of Politics and History at Brunel University. Professor Hughes wrote his PhD in War Studies at King's College London. From 2008 to 2010, he held the Major-General Matthew C. Horner Chair at the US Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia, sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps University Foundation. He is currently working on a monograph on the Arab revolt in Palestine, 1936-39, entitled 'The Opaque War: Britain's Pacification of Palestine, 1936-39'.