Description
| Product ID: | 9780521130905 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | African Studies |
| Title: | Defeating Mau Mau, Creating Kenya |
| Subtitle: | Counterinsurgency, Civil War, and Decolonization |
| Authors: | Author: Daniel Branch |
| Page Count: | 278 |
| Subjects: | African history, African history, History, Military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Military history, Kenya, c 1945 to c 1960 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. Branch 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-08-31 |
