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Defeating Mau Mau, creating Kenya : counterinsurgency, civil war, and decolonization / Daniel Branch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: African studies seriesPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xx, 250 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521113823 (hardback)
  • 0521113822 (hardback)
  • 9780521130905 (pbk.)
  • 0521130905 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 967.62/03
LOC classification:
  • 522 DT 433.577 B816d 2009
Contents:
Introduction : understanding loyalism in Kenya's civil war -- Vomiting the oath : the origins of loyalism in the growth of Mau Mau -- Terror and counter-terror : March 1953-April 1954 -- From Mau Mau to home guard : 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 522 DT 433.577 B816d 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000103613

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index.

Introduction : understanding loyalism in Kenya's civil war -- Vomiting the oath : the origins of loyalism in the growth of Mau Mau -- Terror and counter-terror : March 1953-April 1954 -- From Mau Mau to home guard : 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.

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