Mad Mitch S Tribal Law

Author : Aaron Edwards
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780577487

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Mad Mitch's Tribal Law by Aaron Edwards Pdf

Aden, 20 June 1967: two army Land Rovers burn ferociously in the midday sun. The bodies of British soldiers litter the road. Thick black smoke bellows above Crater town, home to insurgents who are fighting the British-backed Federation government. Crater had come to symbolise Arab nationalist defiance in the face of the world’s most powerful empire. Hovering 2,000 ft. above the smouldering destruction, a tiny Scout helicopter surveys the scene. Its passenger is the recently arrived Commanding Officer of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Mitchell. Soon the world’s media would christen him ‘Mad Mitch’, in recognition of his controversial reoccupation of Crater two weeks later. Mad Mitch was truly a man out of his time. Supremely self-confident and debonair, he was an empire builder, not dismantler, and railed against the national malaise he felt had gripped Britain’s political establishment. Drawing on a wide array of never-before-seen archival sources and eyewitness testimonies, Mad Mitch’s Tribal Law tells the remarkable story of inspiring leadership, loyalty and betrayal in the final days of British Empire. It is, above all, a shocking account of Britain’s forgotten war on terror.

Author : David French
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191618598

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The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945-1967 by David French Pdf

The claim by the Ministry of Defence in 2001 that 'the experience of numerous small wars has provided the British Army with a unique insight into this demanding form of conflict' unravelled spectacularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. One important reason for that, David French suggests, was because contemporary British counter-insurgency doctrine was based upon a serious misreading of the past. Until now, many observers believed that during the wars of decolonisation in the two decades after 1945, the British had discovered how western liberal notions of right and wrong could be made compatible with the imperatives of waging war amongst the people, that force could be used effectively but with care, and that a more just and prosperous society could emerge from these struggles. By using only the minimum necessary force, and doing so with the utmost discrimination, the British were able to win by securing the 'hearts and minds' of the people. But this was a serious distortion of actual British practice on the ground. David French's main contention is that the British hid their use of naked force behind a carefully constructed veneer of legality. In reality, they commonly used wholesale coercion, including cordon and search operations, mass detention without trial, forcible population resettlement, and the creation of free-fire zones to intimidate and lock-down the civilian population. The British waged their counter-insurgency campaigns by being nasty, not nice, to the people. The British Way in Counter-Insurgency is a seminal reassessment of the historical foundation of British counter doctrine and practice.

Author : Peter Brooke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319651606

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Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain’s Late Decolonisation by Peter Brooke Pdf

This book throws new light on the impact of informal ‘old boy’ networks on British decolonisation. Duncan Sandys was one of the leading Conservative politicians of the middle decades of twentieth-century Britain. He was also a key figure in the Harold Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ policy of decolonisation, serving as Secretary for the Colonies and Commonwealth Relations from 1960 to 1964. When he lost office he fought strenuously to undermine the new Labour Government’s attempts to accelerate colonial withdrawal and improve race relations in Britain. Sandys developed important private business interests in Africa and intervened personally through both public and official channels on the question of Rhodesia, Commonwealth immigration and the ‘East of Suez’ withdrawal in the late 1960s. This book will appeal to students of decolonisation and twentieth-century British politics alike.

Author : Robert Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190694562

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True to Their Salt by Robert Johnson Pdf

In the last decade an Iraqi Army and an Afghan National Army were created entirely from scratch, the founding of which was deemed to be a crucial measure for the establishment of security and the withdrawal of Western forces from Iraq and Afghanistan. Raising new armies is always problematic, especially during an insurgency, but doing so outside the sovereignty of one's own state raises questions of legality, concerns about their conduct and the risk of an over-empowered local military. The recruitment of proxies, including former insurgents, or the arming of local fighters and auxiliaries, levies and militias, may also exacerbate an internal security situation. In seeking answers to this conundrum Robert Johnson turns to history. His book sets out how recruitment of local auxiliaries was an essential component of European colonialism, and how, in the transfer of power and security at the end of that colonial era, the raising of local forces using existing Western models became the norm. He then offers a comprehensive survey of the post-colonial legacy, particularly the recent utilization of surrogates and auxiliaries, the work of embedded training teams, and mentoring.

Author : Clive Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351367844

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Britain and State Formation in Arabia 1962–1971 by Clive Jones Pdf

Half a century ago, Britain abandoned Aden, its last colonial outpost in the Arab world as its attempt to establish a new polity foundered amid a rising tide of Arab nationalism, tribal infighting and anti-colonial sentiment that eventually gave rise to the establishment of South Yemen. Yet just over three years later in 1971, a new state, the United Arab Emirates, emerged in Arabia, formed from the old Trucial states over which Britain had long held sway. At a time when state failure and fragmentation has become synonymous with much of the Middle East and where the very idea of sovereignty and legitimacy have become contested issues, this comparative historical study of the varied British attempts at state creation on the Arabian peninsula offers important insights into the limits of external ambition, as well as the possibilities that great power retrenchment offered to the peoples of the region. The legacy of British influence in Aden and Abu Dhabi still very much resonates today; this volume explains why. This book was originally published as a special issue of Middle Eastern Studies.

Author : Timothy Clack,Robert Johnson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319984377

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Before Military Intervention by Timothy Clack,Robert Johnson Pdf

This book explores the natures of recent stabilisation efforts and global upstream threats. As prevention is always cheaper than the crisis of state collapse or civil war, the future character of conflict will increasingly involve upstream stabilisation operations. However, the unpredictability and variability of state instability requires governments and militaries to adopt a diversity of approach, conceptualisation and vocabulary. Offering perspectives from theory and practice, the chapters in this collection provide crucial insight into military roles and capabilities, opportunities, risks and limitations, doctrine, strategy and tactics, and measures of effect relevant to operations in upstream environments. This volume will appeal to researchers and practitioners seeking to understand historical and current conflict.

Author : Aaron Edwards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472857170

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The Northern Ireland Troubles by Aaron Edwards Pdf

In this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Dr Aaron Edwards provides a concise overview of one of the most difficult and controversial actions in recent history. Spanning 38 years of the 'Troubles', the British Army's deployment in Northern Ireland (codenamed Operation Banner) was one of the most difficult and controversial in its recent history. Over 10,000 troops were on active service during much of the campaign, which saw armoured vehicles, helicopters and special forces deployed onto the streets of Ulster. In this book, Dr Aaron Edwards considers the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of Operation Banner, as the Army's military objectives morphed from high-profile peacekeeping into a covert war against the IRA. Using personal testimony from both sides of the sectarian divide, as well as insights from the soldiers themselves, he presents an authoritative introduction to the Army's role in the Troubles, providing expert analysis of Operation Banner's successes and failures. Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-colour maps and 50 new images, this is an accessible introduction to the complicated yet fascinating history of modern Britain's longest military campaign.

Author : Brian Drohan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501714672

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Brutality in an Age of Human Rights by Brian Drohan Pdf

Introduction : counterinsurgency and human rights in the post-1945 world -- A lawyers' war : emergency legislation and the Cyprus Bar Council -- The shadow of Strasbourg : international advocacy and Britain's response -- Hunger war : humanitarian rights and the Radfan campaign -- This unhappy affair : investigating torture in Aden -- A more talkative place : Northern Ireland

Author : Spiers Edward M. Spiers
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 857 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748654017

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Military History of Scotland by Spiers Edward M. Spiers Pdf

The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. Until now, no reference work has attempted to examine this vast heritage of warfare.A Military History of Scotland offers readers an unparalleled insight into the evolution of the Scottish military tradition. This wide-ranging and extensively illustrated volume traces the military history of Scotland from pre-history to the recent conflict in Afghanistan. Edited by three leading military historians, and featuring contributions from thirty scholars, it explores the role of warfare in the emergence of a Scottish kingdom, the forging of a Scottish-British military identity, and the participation of Scots in Britain's imperial and world wars. Eschewing a narrow definition of military history, it investigates the cultural and physical dimensions of Scotland's military past such as Scottish military dress and music, the role of the Scottish soldier in art and literature, Scotland's fortifications and battlefield archaeology, and Scotland's military memorials and museum collections.

Author : Kevin Linch,Matthew Lord
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783276028

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Redcoats to Tommies by Kevin Linch,Matthew Lord Pdf

An examination of the lifecycle of soldiers, including enlistment, experiences of military life, the soldier's place in society and in politics, and military identity, memory and representation.

Author : Tindal Arthur Pearson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Indian law reports
ISBN : HARVARD:HL3ETB

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Index of Cases Overruled, Dissented From, Distinguished, Followed, Commented On, and Otherwise Cited in Indian Law Reports by Tindal Arthur Pearson Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Government publications
ISBN : PURD:32754074490537

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Rhode Island Indian Claims Settlement Act by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs Pdf

Author : Aaron Edwards
Publisher : Merrion Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785371066

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UVF by Aaron Edwards Pdf

UVF: Behind the Mask is the gripping new history of the Ulster Volunteer Force from its post-1965 incarnation to the present day. Aaron Edwards blends rigorous research with unprecedented access to leading members of the UVF to unearth the startling inner-workings of one of the world’s oldest and most ruthless paramilitary groups. Through interviews with high-profile UVF leaders, such as Billy Mitchell, David Ervine, Billy Wright, Billy Hutchinson and Gary Haggarty, as well as their loyalist rivals including Johnny Adair, Edwards reveals the grisly details behind their sadistic torture and murder techniques and their litany of high-profile atrocities: McGurk’s Bar, the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the Miami Showband massacre and the Shankill Butchers’ serial-killing spree, amongst others. Edwards’ life and career has led him to the centre of the UVF’s long, dark underbelly; in this defining work he offers a comprehensive and authoritative study of an armed group that continues to play a pivotal role in Northern Irish society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : LLMC
Page : 925 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by Anonim Pdf

Author : India,Narotam Desai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Land titles
ISBN : HARVARD:HL2M1W

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The Indian Registration Act by India,Narotam Desai Pdf