Branch, Daniel (2009) Defeating Mau Mau, creating Kenya : counterinsurgency, civil war, and decolonization. African studies series (No.111). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521113823

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Abstract

This book details the devastating Mau Mau civil war fought in Kenya during the 1950s and the legacies of that conflict for the post-colonial state. As many Kikuyu fought with the colonial government as loyalists joined the Mau Mau rebellion. Focusing on the role of those loyalists, the book examines the ways in which residents of the country's Central Highlands sought to navigate a path through the bloodshed and uncertainty of civil war. It explores the instrumental use of violence, changes to allegiances, and the ways in which cleavages created by the war informed local politics for decades after the conflict's conclusion. Moreover, the book moves toward a more nuanced understanding of the realities and effects of counterinsurgency warfare. Based on archival research in Kenya and the United Kingdom and insights from literature from across the social sciences, the book reconstructs the dilemmas facing members of society at war with itself and its colonial ruler.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DT Africa
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960, Mau Mau, Counterinsurgency -- Kenya
Series Name:	African studies series
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:	Cambridge
ISBN:	9780521113823
Official Date:	2009
Dates:	Date Event 2009 Published
Number:	No.111
Number of Pages:	250
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Description:	Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2010

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