Bennett, Huw C. <br/><br/>
Fighting the Mau Mau :  the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency / 
Huw Bennett. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  c2013. 
 - xii, 307 p. :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge military histories .
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-295) and index. 
<br/><br/>'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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107029705 (hardback) 9781107656246 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012-020245 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Mau Mau--History.<br/>Great Britain. Army. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Counterinsurgency--History--Kenya--20th century.<br/>Kikuyu (African people)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Kenya--History--Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.<br/>Kenya--History, Military--20th century.<br/>Great Britain--Armed Forces--History--Kenya--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>967.6203