Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency / Huw Bennett.
2012
DT433.577 .B47 2012eb
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Title
Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency / Huw Bennett.
Author
ISBN
9781139840521 (electronic bk.)
1139840525 (electronic bk.)
9781139342506 (electronic bk.)
1139342509 (electronic bk.)
9781283818087 (MyiLibrary)
1283818086 (MyiLibrary)
9781139845250 (e-book)
113984525X (e-book)
9781107029705
1107029708
9781107656246
1107656249
1139840525 (electronic bk.)
9781139342506 (electronic bk.)
1139342509 (electronic bk.)
9781283818087 (MyiLibrary)
1283818086 (MyiLibrary)
9781139845250 (e-book)
113984525X (e-book)
9781107029705
1107029708
9781107656246
1107656249
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Call Number
DT433.577 .B47 2012eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)818658305
Summary
This new study of Britain's counterinsurgency campaign in Kenya examines the difference between official and accepted methods of conquering insurgents.
Note
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, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note
'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.
'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.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Cambridge military histories.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Bennett, Huw C. Fighting the Mau Mau. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
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