Fighting the Mau Mau the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency

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...

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title Fighting the Mau Mau the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency
title_auth Fighting the Mau Mau the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency
title_exact_search Fighting the Mau Mau the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency
title_full Fighting the Mau Mau the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency Huw Bennett
title_fullStr Fighting the Mau Mau the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency Huw Bennett
title_full_unstemmed Fighting the Mau Mau the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency Huw Bennett
title_short Fighting the Mau Mau
title_sort fighting the mau mau the british army and counter insurgency in the kenya emergency
title_sub the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency
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