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Progressive Occupation?

The Gallieni-Lyautey Method and Colonial Pacification in Tonkin and Madagascar, 1885-1900

Autor: Michael P. M. Finch
Limbă: engleză
Legare: Copertă tare
Editura: Oxford University Press
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On the eve of the twentieth century, Joseph Gallieni and Hubert Lyautey claimed to have devised a ne...

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Autor
Michael P. M. Finch
Limbă
engleză
Legare
Carte - Copertă tare
Publicat
2013
Pagini
280
EAN
9780199674572
ISBN
0199674574
Enbook ID
04534653
Editura
Oxford University Press
Greutate
460
Dimensiuni
222 x 139 x 22

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On the eve of the twentieth century, Joseph Gallieni and Hubert Lyautey claimed to have devised a new approach to the consolidation of colonial acquisitions. Their method emphasized the primacy of political action over military action, called for the replacement of military columns with a 'creeping occupation', stressed the importance of economic-organisational development in ensuring the lasting stability of newly-acquired imperial possessions, and called for the unification of civil and military powers in the hands of the soldier, who would act as the first administrator of the colony. This method was the culmination of colonial experiences in Tonkin and Madagascar in the final decades of the nineteenth century. Following Gallieni's career path across these colonies, A Progressive Occupation? The Gallieni-Lyautey Method and Colonial Pacification in Tonkin and Madagascar, 1885-1900 focuses first on the painful process of pacification in Tonkin, locating the emergence of the method and Gallieni's own achievements in their proper context. The volume's focus then moves across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar, where Gallieni, combining the roles of Commander-in-Chief and Governor-General, was able to play out his nascent colonial method on a grand scale. Meanwhile, his subordinates - with Lyautey at the forefront - were able to interpret his method in the execution of their missions. Drawing heavily on French archival sources, Michael Finch sheds new light on colonial conflict and consolidation during the age of European imperial expansion, illustrates the differences, gaps and transgressions that exist between the theory and the practice of pacification, and raises broader questions about the French army, empire and civil-military relations.

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