Second-Generation Liberation Wars
Rethinking Colonialism in Iraqi Kurdistan and Southern Sudan

An exploration of the strategies that both governments and insurgents employed in the liberation wars in Iraqi Kurdistan and South Sudan.

Yaniv Voller (Author)

9781316513132, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 February 2022

304 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg

'By examining two case studies, Iraqi Kurdistan and Southern Sudan, the book contributes a new perspective on the topic of succession and separatist conflicts. With its extensive research, it is an important addition to the literature of post-colonial wars.' Joseph Sassoon, Georgetown University

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.

Acknowledgements
Maps
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Practices, Roles, Colonialism and Decolonisation: Rethinking Post-Colonial Separatist Wars
2. The Historical and Ideational Context of Post-Colonial Liberation Wars
3. Post-colonial Governments and Counterinsurgency: The Return of Colonial Practices
4. Second-Generation Liberation Strategies
5. Transition in Liberation: From Guerrilla Fighting to State-Building
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP], African history [HBJH], Middle Eastern history [HBJF1]