Britain, Kenya and the cold war : imperial defence, colonial security and decolonisation / David A. Percox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Percox, David A.

Series:

International library of African studies ; v. 13.

International library of African studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--Kenya.

National security--Kenya.

National security--Great Britain.

National security.

International relations.

Decolonization.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Kenya.

Kenya--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Kenya.

Physical Description:

252 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 2004.

Summary:

Far from having to abandon her post-war "East of Suez" role, Britain continued to pursue "imperial" African interests well after the Suez debacle and the "End of Empire." Kenya was center stage. Little scholarship has been produced on British policy in pursuing her interests beyond Kenyan independence. This book shows Britain maintaining her strategic priorities in Kenya--cultivating the ''moderate" Kenyatta government, giving up the unacceptable colonial army base, but retaining military camps, rights of overflying, staging and training the Kenyan military, including internal security. Percox shows that Kenyan de-colonization and British defense interests were intimately linked and vital within the context of the Cold War and East-West regional rivalry.

Contents:

Defence and Internal Security, 1945-52 14

British Counter-Insurgency in Kenya, 1952-6 48

East Africa, East of Suez, 1956-7 77

East Africa, East of Suez II, 1957-9 98

Internal Security and Decolonisation, 1956-9 126

Internal Security and Decolonisation II, 1959-65 151

Defence and Decolonisation, 1959-65 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-240) and index.

ISBN:

1850434603

OCLC:

56458624

Publisher Number:

9781850434603