Secession and Security Explaining State Strategy against Separatists / Ahsan I. Butt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butt, Ahsan I., 1983- author.

Series:

Cornell studies in security affairs

Cornell Studies in Security Affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2017: Front list Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 101565

ISBN:

9781501713958

OCLC:

974992441