Detention and confinement―of both combatants and large groups of civilians―have become fixtures of asymmetric wars over the course of the last century. Counterinsurgency theoreticians and practitioners explain this dizzying rise of detention camps; internment centers; and enclavisation by arguing that such actions "protect" populations. In this book; Laleh Khalili counters these arguments; telling the story of how this proliferation of concentration camps; strategic hamlets; "security walls;" and offshore prisons has come to be. Time in the Shadows investigates the two major liberal counterinsurgencies of our day: Israeli occupation of Palestine and the U.S. War on Terror. In rich detail; the book investigates Abu Ghraib; Guantánamo Bay; CIA black sites; the Khiam Prison; and Gaza; among others; and links them to a history of colonial counterinsurgencies from the Boer War and the U.S. Indian wars; to Vietnam; the British small wars in Malaya; Kenya; Aden and Cyprus; and the French pacification of Indochina and Algeria. Khalili deftly demonstrates that whatever the form of incarceration―visible or invisible; offshore or inland; containing combatants or civilians―liberal states have consistently acted illiberally in their counterinsurgency confinements. As our tactics of war have shifted beyond slaughter to elaborate systems of detention; liberal states have warmed to the pursuit of asymmetric wars. Ultimately; Khalili confirms that as tactics of counterinsurgency have been rendered more "humane;" they have also increasingly encouraged policymakers to willingly choose to wage wars.
#6692286 in Books 1996-11Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 1.30 x 6.33 x 9.34l; #File Name: 0804726094483 pages
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6 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Indigenous Chinese ChristianityBy CustomerThis book is a collection of case studies and papers by major Chinese church history scholars. One section; ¡°The Rise of Indigenous Chinese Christianity¡±; is of particular interest to those who want to study the rise of local Christian leadership in China. Since the days of the first Protestant missionaries in the early 19th century (i.e. Gutzlaff and Morrison); foreign missionaries knew and wanted to implement the ¡°Apostolic Strategy¡± of empowering the indigenous Christians to take ownership and to enabling them to lead. But the history tells us that this is easier said than done. Their failure to ¡°let go¡± added fuel to fire as anti-foreign and anti-imperialist sentiments and than anti-Western feelings exploded indiscriminately. Unable to distinguish between Western and Christian; these feelings culminated in the Boxer Rebellion in the early twentieth century during which hundreds of missionaries were murdered and later in the communist backlash against missionaries which is still felt even today.3 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Thoroughly researched; well written.By Jeff MarshallDaniel Bays has written an excellent history of Chinese Christianity - one that both summarized existing research as well as presenting new mateial. It is well-written and easy to read.
