The Resource Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency, Huw Bennett, (electronic resource)
Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency, Huw Bennett, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- 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, restrictive rules of engagement and surrender schemes prevented the campaign from degenerating into genocide, the army simultaneously coerced the population to drop their support for the rebels, imposing collective fines, mass detentions and frequent interrogations, often tolerating rape, indiscriminate killing and torture to terrorise the population into submission.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 307 pages)
- Contents
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- '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
- Isbn
- 9781107656246
- Label
- Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency
- Title
- Fighting the Mau Mau
- Title remainder
- the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency
- Statement of responsibility
- Huw Bennett
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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, restrictive rules of engagement and surrender schemes prevented the campaign from degenerating into genocide, the army simultaneously coerced the population to drop their support for the rebels, imposing collective fines, mass detentions and frequent interrogations, often tolerating rape, indiscriminate killing and torture to terrorise the population into submission.--
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- Bennett, Huw C
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Cambridge military histories
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mau Mau
- Great Britain
- Counterinsurgency
- Kikuyu (African people)
- Kenya
- Kenya
- Great Britain
- Label
- Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency, Huw Bennett, (electronic resource)
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- online resource
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- '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
- Control code
- CR9781139342506
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 307 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107656246
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030134025
- Label
- Fighting the Mau Mau : the British Army and counter-insurgency in the Kenya Emergency, Huw Bennett, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- '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
- Control code
- CR9781139342506
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 307 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107656246
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030134025
Subject
- Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain, Army
- Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960
- Kenya -- History, Military -- 20th century
- Kikuyu (African people) -- History
- Mau Mau -- History
- Counterinsurgency -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
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