Author: Anderson, David
Title: Histories of the Hanged : The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
Description: New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. orig.boards. 24x15cm, viii,406,(16)p, Published in Great Britain under the title 'Histories of the hanged : Britain’s Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire'.. 16pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents : Prologue: The hanged. -- Hidden history of an anti-colonial rebellion. Making a rebellion ; Emerging violence. -- Burying the past. Chief Waruhiu ; Jock Scott and Judge Thacker ; Going to war ; Christmas Eve in Nyeri. -- "Parasites in paradise" : race, violence and Mau Mau. "A sunny land for shady people" ; Killing bwana ; "Them or us" ; Paradise postponed. -- Death at Lari : the story of an African massacre. Victims and vengeance ; A deeper history ; Courtroom dramas ; Executions ; Colonial consequences. -- Struggles in the city : Mau Mau in Nairobi. African life in Eastlands ; Terrorizing the Tai-Tai ; Operation Anvil ; Fighting back ; Corruption at city hall. -- General China’s war : freedom fighters in the forests. Flight to the forests ; Bugles and battles ; Surrenders ; Psycho docs and pseudo ops. -- Crimes of punishment : law and disorder in Kikuyuland. Carrots and sticks ; Ruthagathi, Kenya"s Belsen ; Excessive force ; The gulag. -- Spoils of war : decolonising Kenya, memorialising Mau Mau. Coming home ; Kenyatta, "the reconciler" ; Monuments, museums, movies ; Mathenge’s return.

Keywords: African Colonial History, British Colonialism, Colony Colonies, Kenya Easy Africa, Mau Mau Emergency, Political Politics, Anti-Colonial, Rebellion,