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Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency / Huw Bennett.

By: Bennett, Huw CSeries: Cambridge military historiesPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.. Description: xii, 307 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: 9781107029705 (hbk.) :; 1107029708 (hbk.) :; 9781107656246 (pbk.) :; 1107656249 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Mau Mau -- History | Great Britain. Army | Counterinsurgency -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century | Kikuyu (African people) -- History | Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 | Kenya -- History, Military -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Kenya -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 967.6203 LOC classification: DT433.577 | .B47 2013
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.
List(s) this item appears in: Kenya and the Mau Mau Emergency
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Aberystwyth, 2006, titled: British Army counterinsurgency and the use of force in Kenya, 1952-56.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-295) and index.

'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.