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Exit from empire : counter-insurgency and decolonization in Kenya, 1952-1963
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Anderson, David (2014) Exit from empire : counter-insurgency and decolonization in Kenya, 1952-1963. In: Johnson, Robert and Clack, Timothy, (eds.) At the End of Military Intervention. Changing Character of War Series . Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 107-136. ISBN 9780198725015
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Abstract
Britain’s exit from Kenya came after a four-year war against an armed insurgency, and an eight-year State of Emergency. Provoked by official admission of excessive state violence in the treatment of detainees from the insurgency, the decision to leave came in summer 1959. The British brought the State of Emergency to an end, reactivated local politics to generate a ‘friendly’ successor regime, and devised strategies to protect their strategic interests. The chapter explains how the war was won between 1952 and 1956, and at what cost, and describes how the British sought to ‘make the peace’ in Kenya between 1956 and 1959. The period of exit, from June 1959 was relatively short, with departure in December 1963. In this phase, compromise and containment were key themes, pragmatism regularly trumping principle. The final discussion elucidates the implications for other ‘exits’ that might be drawn from the Kenya case.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
| Series Name: | Changing Character of War Series | ||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9780198725015 | ||||||
| Book Title: | At the End of Military Intervention | ||||||
| Editor: | Johnson, Robert and Clack, Timothy | ||||||
| Official Date: | January 2014 | ||||||
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| Page Range: | pp. 107-136 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198725015.003.0005 | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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