Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency / Huw Bennett.
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TextSeries: Cambridge military historiesPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2013.Description: xii, 307 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781107029705 (hardback)
- 9781107656246 (pbk.)
- 967.6203 23
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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 Ke nya, 1952-56.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-295) and index.
'A determined campaign against the terrorist bands' -- 'Harmonious r elations' : soldiers, civilians, and committees -- 'Possibly restrictiv e to the operations' : marginalising international law in colonial rebe llions -- 'The degree of force necessary' : British traditions in count ering colonial rebellions -- 'Restraint backed by good discipline' -- ' A dead man cannot talk' : the need for restraint -- 'A lot of indiscrim inate shooting' : military repression before Erskine's arrival -- 'Seve re repressive measures' : the army under Erskine -- 'An essential part of the campaign' : civil-military alliances.
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