Secession and security : explaining state strategy against separatists /
Since World War II, separatist conflicts have been the most common and deadly types of war in international politics. Such wars result from a simple incongruity: ethno-nationalist groups desire a homeland, but on territory that is controlled by states unwilling to give it up. This book examines stat...
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2017.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Cornell studies in security affairs.
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| Summary: | Since World War II, separatist conflicts have been the most common and deadly types of war in international politics. Such wars result from a simple incongruity: ethno-nationalist groups desire a homeland, but on territory that is controlled by states unwilling to give it up. This book examines states' strategies, particularly their use of violence, when confronted by separatist movements. Using more than 110 interviews, American and British diplomatic archives, and newspaper archives, this book's emphasis on external security can account for separatist violence, or its lack thereof, in a variety of historical contexts including Pakistan's treatment of Bengali secessionists; India's treatment of separatism in Assam, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir; interactions between the Ottoman Empire and Armenia; and Israel's attitudes toward Palestine. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501713965 1501713965 9781501713958 1501713957 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |