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Author Bennett, Huw C.

Title Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency / Huw Bennett
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cambridge military histories
Cambridge military histories.
Contents 'A determined campaign against the terrorist bands' -- 'Harmonious relations' : soldiers, civilians, and committees -- 'Possibly restrictive to the operations' : marginalising international law in colonial rebellions -- 'The degree of force necessary' : British traditions in countering colonial rebellions -- 'Restraint backed by good discipline' -- 'A dead man cannot talk' : the need for restraint -- 'A lot of indiscriminate shooting' : military repression before Erskine's arrival -- 'Severe repressive measures' : the army under Erskine -- 'An essential part of the campaign' : civil-military alliances
Summary This new study of Britain's counterinsurgency campaign in Kenya examines the difference between official and accepted methods of conquering insurgents
Notes Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Aberystwyth, 2006, titled: British Army counterinsurgency and the use of force in Kenya, 1952-56
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Mau Mau -- History
Great Britain. Army.
Great Britain. Army
Mau Mau
Counterinsurgency -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
Kikuyu (African people) -- History
HISTORY -- Africa -- East.
Armed Forces
Counterinsurgency
Kikuyu (African people)
Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.
Kenya -- History, Military -- 20th century
Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
Great Britain
Kenya
Genre/Form History
Military history
Form Electronic book
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