Huw Bennett (Aberystwyth University College of Wales)

Fighting the Mau Mau

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Produktbeschreibung

For the first time Huw Bennett examines the conduct of British Army soldiers during their counterinsurgency activities in Kenya's Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s. He uncovers the uneasy relationship between official notions of minimum force and colonial traditions of using exemplary force to terrorise the civilian population into submission.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Military Histories
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9781107656246
• ISBN-10: 1107656249
• Artikelnr.: 36617213

Autorenporträt

Huw Bennett is a Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London, teaching at the British Joint Services Command and Staff College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. 'A determined campaign against the terrorist bands'
2. 'Harmonious relations': soldiers, civilians, and committees
3. 'Possibly restrictive to the operations': marginalising international law in colonial rebellions
4. 'The degree of force necessary': British traditions in countering colonial rebellions
5. 'Restraint backed by good discipline'
6. 'A dead man cannot talk': the need for restraint
7. 'A lot of indiscriminate shooting': military repression before Erskine's arrival
8. 'Severe repressive measures': the army under Erskine'
9. 'An essential part of the campaign': civil-military alliances
Conclusion
Bibliography.