Defeating Mau Mau, creating Kenya : counterinsurgency, civil war, and decolonization / Daniel Branch.
Series: African studies seriesPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. Description: xx, 250 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521130905; 0521130905 (pbk.)Subject(s): Mau Mau -- History -- 20th century | Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960DDC classification: 967.62/03 LOC classification: DT433.577. | B73 2009
Contents:
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.
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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.