Defeating Mau Mau, creating Kenya counterinsurgency, civil war, and decolonization

Branch, Daniel 1978-

Defeating Mau Mau, creating Kenya counterinsurgency, civil war, and decolonization - New York Cambridge University Press 2009. - xx,250p. ill., map ; 24 cm. - African studies . - African studies series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index.

Introduction : understanding loyalism in Kenya's civil war -- Vomiting the oath : the origins of loyalism in the growth of Mau Mau -- Terror and counter-terror : March 1953-April 1954 -- From Mau Mau to home guard : the defeat of the insurgency -- Loyalism, land, and labour : the path to self-mastery -- Loyalism in the age of decolonisation -- Eating the fruits of uhuru : loyalists, Mau Mau, and the post-colonial state -- Conclusion : loyalism, decolonisation, and civil war.

9780521130905

2009013028


Mau Mau--History--20th century.


Kenya--History--Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.

DT433.577 / .B73 2009

967.6203 / BR-D

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