Defeating Mau Mau, creating Kenya : counterinsurgency, civil war, and decolonization - Branch, Daniel, 1978- (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Introduction : understanding loyalism in Kenya's civil war -- Vomiting the oath : the origins of loyalism in the growth of Mau Mau -- Terror and counter-terror : March 1953-April 1954 -- From Mau Mau to home guard : the defeat of the insurgency -- Loyalism, land, and labour : the path to self-mastery -- Loyalism in the age of decolonisation -- Eating the fruits of uhuru : loyalists, Mau Mau, and the post-colonial state -- Conclusion : loyalism, decolonisation, and civil war.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index.
Keywords: Mau Mau -- History -- 20th century; Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.