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148409
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London, Pluto Press, 2016.
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ix, 166p.pbk
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9780745335704
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Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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127976
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149481
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This article challenges the well-established presentation within conflict studies of paramilitary organizations as state-manipulated death squads or self-defence groups, and argues that some present-day militias extend their functions well beyond the role of shadowy pro-regime enforcers. Drawing its empirical insights from Ukrainian pro-government volunteer battalions and supporting its findings with empirical observations from other parts of the world, the article posits that the rise of powerful militia organizations acting in parallel with the state makes it imperative to revisit the theory and typology of paramilitary violence. The key theoretical argument of the article is that ‘state-parallel’ militias differ qualitatively from the ‘state-manipulated’ paramilitaries that are typical of the Cold War period. The article shows that although ‘state-parallel’ paramilitaries are not a new phenomenon, they have thus far remained critically understudied and undertheorized.
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116254
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2012.
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This essay examines the disappearance in 1947 of a young Jewish insurgent fighting the British in Palestine, Alexander Rubowitz. Kidnapped by a secret British army unit led by Major Roy Farran, Rubowitz's body has never been found. Farran was suspected of responsibility and detained but he escaped from custody twice before he was put on trial for the abduction and alleged murder of the youth. The 'Farran Affair' became a cause célèbre and it was taken up by contending sides in the propaganda battle over the future of Palestine. A year after Farran's acquittal a letter bomb was sent to his family in the UK by members of the Jewish underground seeking revenge. This essay looks at the emergence of new thinking by the British on how best to defeat insurgent forces and why officially sanctioned counter-terror such as Farran's 'special squads' did not work in Palestine.
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