Overview
Settler-native conflicts in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine, and South Africa serve as excellent comparative cases as three areas linked to Britain where insurgencies occurred during roughly the same period. Important factors considered are settler parties, settler mythology, the role of native fighters, settler terror, the role of liberal parties, and the conduct of the war by security forces. Settlers and natives in each area share similar attitudes, liberal parties operate in similar fashions, and there are common explanations for the formation of splinter liberation groups. However, according to Mitchell, the key difference between the cases lies in the behavior of British security forces in comparison to South African and Israeli forces. Mitchell's chapter on liberal parties includes an independent account of the Progressive Federal Party of South Africa, the official parliamentary opposition from 1977 to 1987, along with the first major published account of the Alliance Party in Northern Ireland. His study of splinter group formation contains the first major account since 1964 of the Pan-Africanist Party of Azania, including its insurgency campaign in the 1980s and 1990s. Mitchell also contrasts behavior among the Inkatha Party and Labour Party in South Africa with the Social Democrat and Labour Party in Northern Ireland.
Full Product Details
Author: Thomas G. Mitchell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume: No. 200
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.553kg
ISBN: 9780313313578
ISBN 10: 0313313571
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 30 August 2000
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
?The military strategist will find utility in Mitchell's work....Mitchell raises questions each of us can ask while developing and examining courses of action for such missions.?-Military Review ""The military strategist will find utility in Mitchell's work....Mitchell raises questions each of us can ask while developing and examining courses of action for such missions.""-Military Review
?The military strategist will find utility in Mitchell's work....Mitchell raises questions each of us can ask while developing and examining courses of action for such missions.?-Military Review
Author Information
THOMAS G. MITCHELL is an independent researcher who was educated in Israel, and has done research in South Africa and Northern Ireland that focuses on settler colonies and low-intensity conflict./e
