Fighting the Mau Mau The British Army and Counter-Insurgency in the Kenya Emergency

Name: Fighting the Mau Mau The British Army and Counter-Insurgency in the Kenya Emergency
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ISBN: 9781107656246

ISBN-10: 1107656249

ISBN-13: 9781107656246

Edition: 2012

Authors: Huw C. Bennett

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British Army counterinsurgency campaigns were supposedly waged within the bounds of international law, overcoming insurgents with the minimum force necessary. This revealing study questions what this meant for the civilian population during the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya in the 1950s, one of Britain's most violent decolonisation wars. For the first time Huw Bennett examines the conduct of soldiers in detail, uncovering the uneasy relationship between notions of minimum force and the colonial tradition of exemplary force where harsh repression was frequently employed as a valid means of quickly crushing rebellion. Although a range of restrained policies such as special forces methods,…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/22/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction



'A determined campaign against the terrorist bands'



'Harmonious relations': soldiers, civilians, and committees



'Possibly restrictive to the operations': marginalising international law in colonial rebellions



'The degree of force necessary': British traditions in countering colonial rebellions



'Restraint backed by good discipline'



'A dead man cannot talk': the need for restraint



'A lot of indiscriminate shooting': military repression before Erskine's arrival



'Severe repressive measures': the army under Erskine'



'An essential part of the campaign': civil-military alliances


Conclusion


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