scholarly journals Hyderabad

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-161
Author(s):  
Krishna D. Mathur
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Military Occupation ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Sympathetic Response ◽  
Muslim Minority ◽  
Group Politics ◽  
The Military ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Keen Observer

This is a collection of 13 essays by a group of experts on the societyand politics of Deccani Muslims after Indian independence in 1947. Thereadings brought nostalgic memories of men and events I knew or experienced."The Five Day War," by Mir Laiq Ali, is a sad commentary on the plightof Hyderabad forces resisting the Indian offensive that began September 13.1948.The Hyderabad case in the U. N. Security Council is described by ClydeEagleton, who records the sympathetic response Nizam's representativesreceived from most members of the U.N. Council. If Sardar Patel had notordered the military occupation of Hyderabad, it is possible that a settlementcould have been reached bet ween Nizam and Nehru. Prof. Zubaida Yazdanirecounts H)derabad's transformation from Niz.arn's Dominion into a state withinIndia and its breakup on linguitic principle in 1956. Just as innocent Hi ndussuffered at the hands of Rizakars during 1947-48 , so did innocent Muslimsat the hands of the Indian army after Hyderabad troops surrendered onSeptember 18, 1948.Prof. Wilfred C. Smith, a keen observer of the Indian religious scenefor the last five decades, has provided a succinct background upon whichother scholars have built detailed accounts. Dr. Theodore P. Wright, Jr. hasmade a fascinating study of minority group politics and concludes that separatistpolitics in Hyderabad is more likely to harm the Muslim minority thanpotentially benefit it .Ratna Naidu's research into the Muslims of Bidar, Karnataka, a part ofthe old Hyderabad state, provides rare insight into the condition of the Muslimcommunity in a semi-rural setting. The Joss of privileges is studied byRashiduddin Khan and flawlessly woven into a fascinating narrative by AkbarS. Ahmad, a sociologist, and Usama Khalidi, a journaljst. Zahir Ahmad,an administrator who worked for both the Hyderabad and Indian governments,rightly observes that Indian adminstrators have an imperfect understandingof problems faced by the toiling masses, as most administrators come fromelitist backgrounds.Finally, Omar Khaljdi has combed through various books and journals ...

“There Is Never a Peace Time, It Is Just No War Time”

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radhika Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Structural Violence ◽  
Military Occupation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Subjectivity ◽  
Kashmir Valley ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Political Critique ◽  
The Military ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract There is no doubt that military occupation of civilian spaces and lives constitutes a fundamental structural violence. This is more easily apprehended in cases where exceptional violence is wrought by security forces on civilian populations, as in the Kashmir Valley in India. How do we grasp the effects of securitization on the political subjectivity of citizen-subjects in the absence of visible violence and overt political critique? This article ethnographically tracks civil-military interactions in Kargil, located on the disputed India-Pakistan borderland, to analyze the normalization of structural violence and the production of affective regimes that defy dichotomies of resistance and submission. These affective regimes are characterized by paradoxical emotions, which are integral to securitized practices of colonization of subject populations. However, it is these very paradoxes that also lend insight into the incomplete hegemony of the military apparatus expressed in ambivalent political subjectivities.

Obligation in Exile

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan Zvi Baron
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Identity ◽  
Military Occupation ◽  
Jewish Heritage ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Relationship

Questions arose about what it meant to support a country whose political future the author has no say in as a Diaspora Jew. The questions became all the more pronounced the more I learned about Israel’s history. Many Jews feel the same way, and often are uncomfortable with what such an obligation can mean, in no small part because of concerns over being identified with Israel because of one’s Jewish heritage or because of the overwhelming significance that Israel has come to have for Jewish identity. Israel’s significance is matched by how much is published about Israel. Increasingly, this literature is not only about trying to explain Israel’s wars, the military occupation or other parts of its history, but about the relationship between Diaspora1 Jewry and Israel.

The Military Physician in Captivity

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (99) ◽  
pp. 295-303
Author(s):  
E. Reginato
Keyword(s):  
Medical Officer ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Military Physician ◽  
The Military ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Better Than

In his introductory address at the third International Refresher Course for Junior Medical Officers, Dr. H. Meuli, member of the ICRC, said “No one knows war better than the military medical officer, nor measures its horror, nor hates it more. No one has greater insight into war to enable him to take a stand for peace and against war”. From its very beginnings the Red Cross has been linked to medicine; it was the ICRC which obtained for doctors the means of exercising their profession in war, which are laid down in the Geneva Conventions.It therefore seems appropriate to quote extensively from a communication submitted at the Course by an Italian doctor, bearing moving testimony to the difficulties facing the medical officer, the noble character of his mission and the principles underlying his activity in the prisoner of war camp. These principles were summed up in his conclusion : “Like peace and justice, medicine loses its significance if not accompanied by charity. If it is to stay universal, it must not lose its humanity”. (Ed.).

scholarly journals Beyond the Veto

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Jess Gifkins
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
Building Block ◽  
Institutional Power ◽  
Informal Practices ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Power And Influence ◽  
Formal Rules

Abstract The formal rules governing the UN Security Council offer little insight into how negotiations are conducted on a day-to-day basis. While it is generally assumed that permanent members dominate negotiations, this article investigates avenues for influence for elected members and the UN Secretariat. Institutional power is used to show how permanent members adopt dominant positions in negotiations extending far beyond their Charter-given privileges. Dominance of permanent members is moderated, however, by the legitimacy that support from elected members brings to a resolution. Similarly, the UN Secretariat can use its legitimated authority to influence decisions. The article argues that informal practices are key in understanding how power and influence are allocated in the Council and it forms a building block for future analyses of Security Council practices. This argument also has implications for the perennial reform debates and the prospects for informal reform.

Secretariat

1964 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-131 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Sudden Change ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Member States ◽  
Territorial Integrity ◽  
The Military

Secretary-General U Thant in his Introduction to the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization, 16 June 1962—15 June 1963 commented that the year under review had been marked by a number of developments which on the whole may be said to have brightened the international outlook and strengthened the UN as a result. According to the Secretary-General, the Cuban crisis provided the UN with the opportunity to help avert what appeared to be impending disaster. Proposals which he had been encouraged to make by a large number of Member States not directly involved in the crisis had the immediate effect of tending to ease the situation. In addition, the UN provided an opportunity, both through the Security Council and the Secretariat, for dialogues among the interested parties. The turn of the year also marked a sudden change for the better in the Congo. As a result the terms of the UN mandate in the Congo as far as the military force was concerned had now largely been fulfilled. External military interference in the Congo had ceased, the territorial integrity of the country had been secured, and law and order had generally been restored and were being maintained, although the situation in one or two areas still was giving some cause for concern.

The Material World of the Revolutionary War Soldier at Valley Forge Revisited

2019 ◽  
pp. 57-75
Author(s):  
Jesse West-Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Revolutionary War ◽  
Material World ◽  
Valley Forge ◽  
The Military ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter by Jesse West-Rosenthal examines the Revolutionary War soldiers’ material culture at Valley Forge. Much has been written of the suffering that these soldiers endured during that harsh winter, but this chapter provides insight into routines that both kept soldiers busy and helped them perform important and necessary tasks for the military effort. Archaeological explorations at the Washington Memorial Chapel, including a camp kitchen, provided evidence that soldiers kept busy by casting musket balls, by maintaining weaponry and clothing, and, interestingly, by re-purposing musket balls into gaming pieces.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Nathan D. Ainspan and ◽  
Kristin N. Saboe
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Military Veterans ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
American Military ◽  
Civilian Employees ◽  
Veteran Employees ◽  
The Military ◽  
Insight Into

The introduction of this book explains how industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologists and human resources leaders can use I/O research and best practices to understand military veterans and military families. This knowledge can help employers find, hire, and retain veterans as civilian employees in their organizations. This chapter first describes the American military as an organization, the demographics of the military, and why service members and veterans are different from other groups of individuals; it offers insight into the types of individuals who self-select into the military and then describes how the military develops the traits, skills, and competencies (including nontechnical “soft” skills) that are in high demand but short supply in the civilian labor market. In concludes with an explanation of how the military culture impacts the service members and how these elements create veteran employees who may differ in their tenure and their performance in civilian organizations.

scholarly journals Between trust and violence: medical encounters under Japanese military occupation during the War in China (1937–1945)

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-515
Author(s):  
Reut Harari
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Local Population ◽  
War Crimes ◽  
Military Occupation ◽  
Japanese Military ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
The Military

AbstractDuring the War in China (1937–1945), the Japanese military combined warfare with the maintenance of a military occupation. To sustain its tentative grasp over the occupied territories, the Japanese military vied to cultivate trust among the local population. This was a challenging task in the midst of a violent war which as many historical works described was accompanied by brutal war crimes. A less explored aspect of the occupation was medical care. This article unfolds this history by analysing medical encounters between Japanese military medics and military affiliated agents, and members of the local population in the rural Chinese countryside. Testimonies reveal that these encounters – some spontaneous and others deliberate – were small moments of humanity and benevolence within a violent environment. Concomitantly, they demonstrate the overarching tension in this unequal encounter and the use of medicine as a pacifying tool that also served as means to build and maintain the occupation through the transference of medical trust towards the military at large. Thus, this article presents a different aspect of the role of trust and distrust in medical care, as well as expanding the analysis of medicine as a ‘tool of empire’ to the context of military occupation.

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