TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bennett, Huw C.
TI  - Fighting the Mau Mau: the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency 
T2  - Cambridge military histories
SN  - 9781107029705 (hardback)
U1  - 967.6203 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Mau Mau
KW  - History
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Army
KW  - Counterinsurgency
KW  - Kenya
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Kikuyu (African people)
KW  - Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960
KW  - History, Military
KW  - Armed Forces
N1  - 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
ER  -