The formation of post-colonial states in Africa, and the Middle East gave birth to prolonged separatist wars. Exploring the evolution of these separatist wars, Yaniv Voller examines the strategies that both governments and insurgents employed, how these strategies were shaped by the previous struggle against European colonialism and the practices and roles that emerged in the subsequent period, which moulded the identities, aims and strategies of post-colonial governments and separatist rebels. Based on a wealth of primary sources, Voller focuses on two post-colonial separatist wars; In Iraqi Kurdistan, between Kurdish separatists and the government in Baghdad, and Southern Sudan, between black African insurgents and the government in Khartoum. By providing an account of both conflicts, he offers a new understanding of colonialism, decolonisation and the international politics of the post-colonial world.
Author(s): Yaniv Voller
Series: Intelligence and National Security in Africa and the Middle East
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 304
City: Cambridge
Introduction
Why Is Postcolonial Violence Still a Relevant Topic?
Iraq and Sudan: Representative Cases of Postcolonial Separatist Violence
Structure of the Book
1 Practices, Roles, Colonialism and Decolonisation: Rethinking Postcolonial Separatist Wars
Postcolonial Separatist Wars and the Challenges to Decolonisation
Beyond Path Dependence: Practices, Roles and Postcolonial Violence
2 The Historical and Ideational Context of Postcolonial Liberation Wars
Colonial Rule and Counter-Insurgency Practices
The First-Generation Anti-Colonial Struggle and the Practices of Resistance
The Chronology of the Second-Generation Liberation Wars in Iraq and Sudan
3 Postcolonial Governments and Counter-Insurgency: The Return of Colonial Practices
Colonial Methods and the Colonised Elites
Baghdad and Northern Iraq
Southern Sudan: Civilising Mission and Tribalism
4 Second-Generation Liberation Strategies
Early Encounters: Pre-rebellion Interaction between the Two-Generations of Liberation Movements
The Rise of Second-Generation Anti-Colonial Liberation Ideology
5 Transition in Liberation: From Guerrilla Fighting to State-Building
The Changing Nature of Liberation in the Post–Cold War Era
The Rise of the Kurdistan Regional Government
From Guerrilla to Civil Authority in Southern Sudan
Conclusion
Liberation Struggles: A Research Agenda
Bibliography
Index
