Amnesty International And Human Rights Activism In Postwar Britain 1945 1977
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Amnesty International And Human Rights Activism In Postwar Britain 1945 1977
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Author : Tom Buchanan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-30
Amnesty International And Human Rights Activism In Postwar Britain 1945 1977 written by Tom Buchanan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with History categories.
Demonstrates how activists worked together during the post-war decades to transform public attitudes towards violations of human rights.
The Impact Of The Spanish Civil War On Britain
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Author : Tom Buchanan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Impact Of The Spanish Civil War On Britain written by Tom Buchanan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with British categories.
The Spanish Civil War has had a profound and lasting impact on Britain. At least 2,400 Britons volunteered to fight for the Spanish Republic (of whom more than 500 died), while others provided medical assistance, visited Spain in delegations, or covered the Civil War as journalists. In this collection of three of his published articles and seven new essays, all based on primary research, Tom Buchanan sheds light on many facets of this complex relationship. The book's central themes are the impact of loss on families and communities, and the importance of Spain itself - its history and culture - in the way that this Civil War was understood in Britain. The book examines individuals involved in the war, such as the writer John Langdon-Davies, the artist Felicia Browne, and the journalist G.L. Steer. It also pursues somewhat neglected themes, such as the response of British artists to the war or the role played by British medical personnel. The final two chapters focus on the long-term impact of the conflict on British politics and on Britain's relations with Spain since 1939. Presenting a chronological progression from the Spanish Civil War to the post-war Franco era, this book has been published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the war.
Spain Mad British Engagement With The Spanish Civil War
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Author : Tom Buchanan
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2024-06-15
Spain Mad British Engagement With The Spanish Civil War written by Tom Buchanan and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-15 with History categories.
Taking inspiration from a police informer’s comment that his workmates had gone “Spain mad” in response to the Spanish Civil War, this book uses biographical studies to explore the nature of British engagement with the conflict. The opening chapter presents a general analysis of the subject and assesses the available evidence. Some 2400 Britons volunteered to fight in the conflict and some 500 died there. Accordingly, the International Brigades are well represented in the book, with chapters on two of the commanders of the British Battalion (Wilfred Macartney and Fred Copeman) and the Anglo-Canadian volunteer Frank Whitfield. Two of the other subjects (George Orwell and Felicia Browne) fought in other units. However, the book shows that engagement in the Civil War could take many forms: hence, the chapters on the journalist Philip Jordan, clergyman E. O. Iredell, and the humanitarian activist and politician G.T. Garratt. The remaining chapters look at three historians and writers who have shaped the understanding of the Civil War in Britain: Orwell, Hugh Thomas and Jim Fyrth. The book is based on extensive new research, and many of these subjects have never previously been studied in any depth.
Spain Mad British Engagement With The Spanish Civil War
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Author : Tom Buchanan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-06
Spain Mad British Engagement With The Spanish Civil War written by Tom Buchanan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06 with History categories.
Taking inspiration from a police informer's comment that his workmates had gone "Spain mad" in response to the Spanish Civil War, this book uses biographical studies to explore the nature of British engagement with the conflict. The opening chapter presents a general analysis of the subject and assesses the available evidence. Some 2400 Britons volunteered to fight in the conflict and some 500 died there. Accordingly, the International Brigades are well represented in the book, with chapters on two of the commanders of the British Battalion (Wilfred Macartney and Fred Copeman) and the Anglo-Canadian volunteer Frank Whitfield. Two of the other subjects (George Orwell and Felicia Browne) fought in other units. However, the book shows that engagement in the Civil War could take many forms: hence, the chapters on the journalist Philip Jordan, clergyman E. O. Iredell, and the humanitarian activist and politician G.T. Garratt. The remaining chapters look at three historians and writers who have shaped the understanding of the Civil War in Britain: Orwell, Hugh Thomas and Jim Fyrth. The book is based on extensive new research, and many of these subjects have never previously been studied in any depth.
Civil Liberties And Human Rights In Twentieth Century Britain
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Author : Chris Moores
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-02-16
Civil Liberties And Human Rights In Twentieth Century Britain written by Chris Moores and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-16 with History categories.
The first comprehensive account of civil liberties activism throughout twentieth-century Britain, focusing primarily on the National Council for Civil Liberties.
Britain And The Spanish Civil War
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Author : Tom Buchanan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-08-28
Britain And The Spanish Civil War written by Tom Buchanan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-08-28 with History categories.
This book offers an interpretation of a foreign conflict that has had a greater impact on modern British politics than any other.
David Owen Human Rights And The Remaking Of British Foreign Policy
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Author : David Grealy
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10-06
David Owen Human Rights And The Remaking Of British Foreign Policy written by David Grealy and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-06 with History categories.
Although the evolution of human rights diplomacy during the second half of the 20th century has been the subject of a wealth of scholarship in recent years, British foreign policy perspectives remain largely underappreciated. Focusing on former Foreign Secretary David Owen's sustained engagement with the related concepts of human rights and humanitarianism, David Owen, Human Rights and the Remaking of British Foreign Policy addresses this striking omission by exploring the relationship between international human rights promotion and British foreign policy between c.1956-1997. In doing so, this book uncovers how human rights concerns have shaped national responses to foreign policy dilemmas at the intersections of civil society, media, and policymaking; how economic and geopolitical interests have defined the parameters within which human rights concerns influence policy; how human rights considerations have influenced British interventions in overseas conflicts; and how activism on normative issues such as human rights has been shaped by concepts of national identity. Furthermore, by bringing these issues and debates into focus through the lens of Owen's human rights advocacy, analysis provides a reappraisal of one of the most recognisable, albeit enigmatic, parliamentarians in recent British history. Both within the confines of Whitehall and without, Owen's human rights advocacy served to alter the course of British foreign policy at key junctures during the late Cold War and post-Cold War periods, and provides a unique prism through which to interrogate the intersections between Britain's enduring search for a distinctive 'role' in the world and the development of the international human rights regime during the period in question.
The Oxford Handbook Of Late Colonial Insurgencies And Counter Insurgencies
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Author : Martin Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-11-02
The Oxford Handbook Of Late Colonial Insurgencies And Counter Insurgencies written by Martin Thomas and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-02 with History categories.
The lethality of conflicts between insurgent groups and counter-insurgent security forces has risen markedly since the Second World War just as those of conventional, or inter-state wars have declined. For several decades, conflicts within states rather than between them have been the prevalent form of organised political violence worldwide. Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria have fired interest in colonial experiences of rebellion, while current western interventions in sub-Saharan Africa have prompted accusations of 'militarist humanitarianism'. Yet, despite mounting interest in counter-insurgency and empire, comparative investigation of colonial responses to insurrection and civil disorder is sparse. Some scholars have written of a 'golden age of counter-insurgency', which began with Britain's declaration of a Malayan Emergency in 1948 and ended with the withdrawal of US ground troops from Vietnam in 1973. It is with this period, if not with any presumed 'golden age' that this volume is concerned. This Handbook connects ideas about contested decolonization and the insurgencies that inspired it with an analysis of patterns and singularities in the conflicts that precipitated the collapse of overseas empires. It attempts a systematic study of the global effects of organized anti-colonial violence in Asia and Africa. The objective is to reconceptualize late colonial violence in the European overseas empires by exploring its distinctive character and the globalizing processes underpinning it.
A More Democratic Community
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Author : Sara Lorenzini
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2024-08-01
A More Democratic Community written by Sara Lorenzini and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-01 with History categories.
The histories of European unification and of West European democracy during the second half of the twentieth century have often been considered as separate or even antagonistic processes with the institutions of European integration being regarded as bastions of bureaucratic rule. A More Democratic Community challenges this assumption and argues that European integration benefited from the democratic accountability of member states while contributing to the validation of national democratic institutions. However, it also unveils a paradox: as integration deepened, it diminished the power of national parliaments, sparking a democratic accountability crisis within the Community. This insightful volume sheds light on pivotal reforms addressing Europe's perceived democratic deficit.
Age Of Emergency
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Author : Erik Linstrum
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023
Age Of Emergency written by Erik Linstrum and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with History categories.
Analyzing the period after 1945 when uprisings against colonial rule broke out across the world, Age of Emergency (Oxford University Press), focuses on how violence was experienced in the lives of ordinary people in imperial Britain. Using various historical records including letters, television, newspapers, novels, and more, Linstrum uncovers the violent torture, executions, and gruesome punishments the community faced. Throughout his writing, Linstrum demonstrates the significance of war beyond the fight between soldiers, and the ways in which war encroaches on all aspects of life.
