Histories of the Hanged The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire

Name: Histories of the Hanged The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
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ISBN: 9780393327540

ISBN-10: 039332754X

ISBN-13: 9780393327540

Edition: 2005

Authors: David Anderson

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In "A Gripping Narrative ... that is all but impossible to put down" (Joseph C. Miller), Histories of the Hanged exposes the long-hidden colonial crimes of the British in Kenya. This groundbreaking work tells how the brutal war between the colonial government and the insurrectionist Mau Mau between 1952 and 1960 dominated the final bloody decade of imperialism in East Africa. Using extraordinary new evidence, David Anderson puts the colonial government on trial with eyewitness testimony from over 800 court cases and previously unseen archives. His research exonerates the Kikuyu rebels--hardly the terrorists they were thought to be--and reveals the British to be brutal aggressors in a "dirty…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 434
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English