Jesse Tumblin (Massachusetts Boston College)

The Quest for Security

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Colonial hierarchy and race fueled rapid militarization in the British Empire that shaped the violent course of the twentieth century. This innovative study reveals the colonial backstory of a century that witnessed total war, resulting in new political norms that enthrone 'national security' as the dominating feature of contemporary politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781108712545
• ISBN-10: 1108712541
• Artikelnr.: 64360805

Autorenporträt

Jesse Tumblin is Visiting Assistant Professor and Core Renewal Fellow at Boston College, Massachusetts. He is a past winner of the Saki Ruth Dockrill Prize for International History from the Institute for Historical Research, London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Colonial federationism
security
and the South African War; 2. Lessons of South Africa: security and political culture in the British world
1902-1906; 3. Security
race
and dominion status
1907-1909; 4. The collapse of consensus and control
1910-1914; 5. Race
conscription
and the meaning of sovereignty in war; 6. The sharp sickle: new realities of sovereignty in the British Empire
1918-1926; Epilogue - the Statute of Westminster: a once and future sovereignty;