Branch, Daniel,  1978- <br/><br/>
Defeating Mau Mau, creating Kenya :  counterinsurgency, civil war, and decolonization / 
Daniel Branch. 
 - Cambridge ;   New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2009. 
 - xx, 250 p. :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
 - African studies .
 - African studies series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : understanding loyalism in Kenya's civil war -- Vomiti ng the oath : the origins of loyalism in the growth of Mau Mau -- Terro r and counter-terror : March 1953-April 1954 -- From Mau Mau to home gu ard : 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521130905 (pbk.) 0521130905 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009-013028 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/> Mau Mau--History-- 20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Kenya--History-- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>967.6203