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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| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2013
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge military histories
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Inhaltsangabe:
- '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