Colonial Wars and the Politics of Third World Nationalism

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Colonial Wars and the Politics of Third World Nationalism by Frank Furedi
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Frank Furedi chronology (books as sole author)
The New Ideology of Imperialism: Renewing the Moral Imperative (1994)	Colonial Wars and the Politics of Third World Nationalism (1994)	Culture of Fear: Risk Taking and the Morality of Low Expectation (1997, revised edition 2002)

Colonial Wars and the Politics of Third World Nationalism is a book by the Hungarian sociologist Frank Furedi, published by IB Tauris in 1994 (ISBN 1-85043-784-X)

Contents 1 Contents 1.1 Preface 1.2 Introduction 1.3 Part 1: The elaboration of the imperialist perspective 1.4 Part 2: Recasting Third World nationalism 2 External links

[edit] Contents

[edit] Preface

[edit] Introduction

1. Rethinking decolonisation
2. Some of the arguments
3. Recasting nationalism
4. The Whitehall view

[edit] Part 1: The elaboration of the imperialist perspective

1. The qualities of the anti-colonial response
   1. Warning signs
   2. The intellectual-politician
   3. That radical moment
   4. The texture of anti-colonialism
2. The problem of control
   1. The moral crisis of imperialism
   2. The pressure from without
   3. Sensing a loss of control
3. The response to 1948
   1. The trend towards the politics of force
   2. Mass politics experienced as the Cold War
   3. A problem of time interpreted as lack of intelligence
4. Diagnosing disorder: imperial attitudes towards anti-colonial nationalism
   1. Intellectual dispositions
   2. Irrational nationalism
   3. A spiritual vacuum
   4. The assumptions of race
   5. Unworthy opponents

[edit] Part 2: Recasting Third World nationalism

1. The conduct of colonial emergencies: the struggle for control
   1. The quest for control
   2. The decision to act
   3. Launching the emergencies
   4. The conduct of the emergencies
   5. Finding a new political balance
2. Reshaping anti-colonial politics
   1. The role of counter-insurgency
   2. Reshshaping the political landscape
   3. The propaganda war
   4. Emergencies as object lessons
3. Capturing the nationalist movement: the big split
   1. Guiding nationalism
   2. The problem of the masses
   3. Leaders and activists
   4. The big test
   5. Forcing the split
4. Conclusions
   1. Recasting anti-colonial nationalism
   2. The changing imperial outlook
   3. Discrediting the unworthy opponents

[edit] External links

• Frank Furedi

  Official website

• IB Tauris

  Official website