Histories of the Hanged
Britain's Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
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- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2006
Summary
This book tells for the first time the story of the dirty war the British fought in Kenya, in the run-up to the country’s independence in 1964. In 1952, after years of tension and bitterness, the grievances of the Gikuyu people of central Kenya exploded into open rebellion. Only 32 European settlers died in the subsequent fighting, but more than 1,800 African civilians, over 3,000 African police and soldiers, and 12,000 Mau Mau rebels were killed. Between 1953 and 1956 Britain sent over a tho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753819029 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753819023 |
| Author: | David Anderson |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2006 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 136mm x 28mm |
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’…What might have been a dry description of legal proceedings becomes instead a compelling account of the great horror story of Britain’s empire.’
…What might have been a dry description of legal proceedings becomes instead a compelling account of the great horror story of Britain’s empire. - SUNDAY TIMES
Anderson gives a shocking account of the conflict that eventually led to Kenya’s independence in 1963. - HAM & HIGHAbout The Author
David Anderson
David Anderson is Lecturer in African Studies and Research Fellow at St Anthony’s College, Oxford. Co-editor between 1988 and 1998 of the Journal of African History, he has also edited a number of collections on the history of Kenya and Africa.
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