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Britain S Killing Fields Southern Nigeria 1900 1930
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Author : John Igbino
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2023-06-01
Britain S Killing Fields Southern Nigeria 1900 1930 written by John Igbino and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-01 with History categories.
Document from the year 2023 in the subject History - Africa, grade: 5, , language: English, abstract: During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the British Empire expanded its colonial ambitions to the southern territories of present-day Nigeria. The use of force by the British military in campaigns, expeditions, and in quelling resistance often resulted in significant loss of life – the true extent of which has too often been swept under the rug. For although the casualties on the British side were thoroughly documented, the number of the Nigerian victims remains largely unknown. Who were these people who died under the occupation? Were there women and children among the dead? And under which prevailing political circumstances were they killed? John Igbino intends to fill this knowledge gap with this publication. He has sourced and analyzed a vast number of mainly unpublished archival documents, examining the complicated relationship between Indigenous opposition and occupiers and the ensuing misconduct. Igbino’s research facilitates a more thorough and nuanced understanding of Britain’s malpractice in British West Africa and the political situation at the time, and tells the stories of those, who have been disregarded in British historiography.
Britain S Killing Fields
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Author : John Igbino
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2023-01-19
Britain S Killing Fields written by John Igbino and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-19 with History categories.
Britain kept meticulous records of its casualties in Southern Nigeria, but it did not collect and keep any coherent records of the casualties it inflicted on the so-called natives. Britain's failure to collect and keep "natives"' casualty statistics was not an unconscious omission. Instead it was a deliberate policy because it placed considerably less value on the lives of "natives" compared to European lives. It held that a drop of European blood was worth four times more than “natives’” blood. The death of a District Officer on active duty was worth the lives of up to two hundred “natives” and it took twenty “natives” to service a Political Officer on the field. Additionally, it accepted the arguments of its top commander, Colonel Arthur Montanaro, that "natives" were engaged in illegal resistance to His Majesty’s Government, therefore while he had a duty to crush their resistance to the British Government he was not duty bound to account for their deaths. Accordingly, the book explores these untold aspects of British History, particularly the computation of the number of Indigenous people of the landmass which became Southern Nigeria who were killed between 1900 and 1930 during one of the bloodiest periods in the history of Southern Nigeria as British troops of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF) and the West African Service Brigade (WASB) rampaged through Southern Nigeria. In its explorations the book posed and addressed the following questions: how many Indigenous people of Southern Nigeria were killed by the British Army between 1900 and 1930? What were the names of the people who were killed? Were there women and children among the dead? How old were they when they died? Where were they buried? Who buried them there? What were the prevailing political circumstances when they were killed? Under what military circumstances were they killed? Was there a state of war between the Indigenous people of Southern Nigeria and Britain when they were killed? The book’s sources were unpublished original archival documents at the National Archives. These document sources included Ordinances, Proclamations, Admiralty’s and Crown Agents’ papers, High Commissioners’, Governor-General’s and Lieutenant-Governor’s Correspondences and Despatches. The Correspondences and Despatches included field reports compiled by British Army Officers, Field Commanders, British Police Commissioners, Political Officers, District Officers (DO), District Commissioners, Divisional Officers, Divisional Commissioners and Provincial Commissioners. These sources are kept in the following Colonial Office Documents series: Southern Nigeria (CO520/series) and Nigeria (CO583/series).
The Killing Fields Of Scotland
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Author : R.J.M Pugh
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2013-01-19
The Killing Fields Of Scotland written by R.J.M Pugh and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-19 with History categories.
Most people are familiar with references to Scottish battles such as Bannockburn and Flodden but know little if anything about those events. Rugby and soccer fans outside Scotland may wonder at the sign 1314 held up by Scottish fans and not know that it is the date of the Battle of Bannockburn when an English king was defeated on Scottish soil. The battle is also commemorated in Scotlands unofficial national anthem, The Flower of Scotland. Battles fought on Scottish soil include those of the Scottish Wars of Independence, those occasioned by the English Civil Wars and the Jacobite Rebellions. This book tells the stories of these battles and many others fought in Scotland from the Roman victory at Mons Graupius in AD 83 to the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden Moor in 1746.
Before The Killing Fields
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Author : Leslie Fielding
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2007-10-24
Before The Killing Fields written by Leslie Fielding and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-24 with History categories.
This is a gripping portrait of a country poised between peace and war. In the mid-1960s, Cambodia's position within South East Asia was highly vulnerable. The Americans were embroiled in war in Vietnam, the Viet Cong were gaining clandestine control over Cambodian frontier areas, while the Cambodian government - under the leadership of a charming but difficult Head of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk - wanted nothing more than to preserve their neutrality and keep out of the war. Highly distrustful of any perceived foreign interference, the Cambodians had even rioted and attacked the American and British Embassies in Phnom Penh and their debris was still strewn on the streets when Leslie Fielding arrived in the city. Yet against this grim and dramatic backdrop, the daily round of international foreign policy somehow had to continue and "Before the Killing Fields" offers a compelling and fascinating account of how this was achieved. As well as a political history this is also a portrait of an exotic but overlooked country at a critical stage in its development. Violence, intrigue and even the supernatural mingle with issues of day-to-day management and office morale. From diplomatic meetings conducted in opium dens and dancing lessons with beautiful princesses at the Royal Palace to candid portraits of the rest of the international community of Phnom Penh, "Before the Killing Fields" is an illuminating insight into a lost world.
Survival In The Killing Fields
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Author : Haing Ngor
language : en
Publisher: Robinson
Release Date : 2012-10-25
Survival In The Killing Fields written by Haing Ngor and has been published by Robinson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in the rice paddies and labour camps of war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell. His was a world of war slaves and execution squads, of senseless brutality and mind-numbing torture; where families ceased to be and only a very special love could soar above the squalor, starvation and disease. An eyewitness account of the real killing fields by an extraordinary survivor, this book is a reminder of the horrors of war - and a testament to the enduring human spirit.
The Killing Fields Of Inequality
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Author : Göran Therborn
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-01-15
The Killing Fields Of Inequality written by Göran Therborn and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-15 with Political Science categories.
Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. This book shows that inequality is literally a killing field, with millions of people dying premature deaths because of it. These lethal effects of inequality operate not only in the poor world, but also, and increasingly, in rich countries, as Therborn demonstrates with data ranging from the US, the UK, Finland and elsewhere. Even when they survive inequality, millions of human lives are stunted by the humiliations and degradations of inequality linked to gender, race and ethnicity, and class. But this book is about experiences of equalization too, highlighting moments and processes of equalization in different parts of the world - from India and other parts of Asia, from the Americas, as well as from Europe. South Africa illustrates the toughest challenges. The killing fields of inequality can be avoided: this book shows how. Clear, succinct, wide-ranging in scope and empirical in its approach, this timely book by one of the world’s leading social scientists will appeal to a wide readership.
Historical Dictionary Of British Cinema
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Author : Alan Burton
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2013-07-11
Historical Dictionary Of British Cinema written by Alan Burton and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-11 with Performing Arts categories.
British cinema has been around from the very birth of motion pictures, from black-and-white to color, from talkies to sound, and now 3D, it has been making a major contribution to world cinema. Many of its actors and directors have stayed at home but others ventured abroad, like Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock. Today it is still going strong, the only real competition to Hollywood, turning out films which appeal not only to Brits, just think of Bridget Jones, while busily adding to franchises like James Bond and Harry Potter. So this Historical Dictionary of British Cinema has a lot of ground to cover. This it does with over 300 dictionary entries informing us about significant actors, producers and directors, outstanding films and serials, organizations and studios, different films genres from comedy to horror, and memorable films, among other things. Two appendixes provide lists of award-winners. Meanwhile, the chronology covers over a century of history. These parts provide the details, countless details, while the introduction offers the big story. And the extensive bibliography points toward other sources of information.
Beneath The Killing Fields
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Author : Matthew Leonard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-19
Beneath The Killing Fields written by Matthew Leonard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-19 with History categories.
Beneath the Killing Fields of the Western Front still lies a hidden landscape of industrialised conflict virtually untouched since 1918. This subterranean world is an ambiguous environment filled with material culture that that objectifies the scope and depth of human interaction with the diverse conflict landscapes of modern war. Covering the military reasoning for taking the war underground, as well as exploring the way that human beings interacted with these extraordinary alien environments, this book provides a more all-encompassing overview of the Western Front. The underground war was intrinsic to trench warfare and involved far more than simply trying to destroy the enemys trenches from below. It also served as a home to thousands of men, protecting them from the metallic landscapes of the surface. With the aid of cutting edge fieldwork conducted by the author in these subterranean locales, this book combines military history, archaeology and anthropology together with primary data and unique imagery of British, French, German and American underground defences in order to explore the realities of subterranean warfare on the Western Front, and the effects on the human body and mind that living and fighting underground inevitably entailed.
Killing Time
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Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Killing Time written by Nicholas J. Saunders and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Archaeology categories.
Today, the Great War stands at the edge of living memory. Nearly every month some dramatic discovery is made in the killing fields of the Western Front: poignant remains of British soldiers, "underground cities" or field hospitals carved out of the chalk country of the Somme. Killing Time is unique - the only book on the archaeology of the First World War.
Chasing The Devil
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Author : Tim Butcher
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011
Chasing The Devil written by Tim Butcher and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Liberia categories.
The audacious, gripping travelogue of a writer chasing the ghost of Graham Greene into the heart of Africa.
