Britain, Kenya and the Cold War: Imperial Defence, Colonial Security and Decolonisation

by David Percox

Overview

Far from having to "scram from Africa" following the abandonment of her East Suez role, Britain continued to vigorously pursue imperial interests in Africa, with Kenya taking centre-stage. This book shows Britain maintaining her strategic priorities here: cultivating the moderate Kenyatta government, giving up the unacceptable colonial army base, but retaining military army camps, rights of overflying, staging and training, and arming and training the Kenyan military. Kenyan decolonization and British interests, it becomes clear, were intimately linked and vital within the context of the Cold War and East-West regional rivalry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850434603
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/24/2004
Series:	International Library of African Studies , #13
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

David Percox is a researcher and writer specializing in imperial history.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Defence and Internal Security, 1945-52
British Counter-Insurgency in Kenya, 1952-6
East Africa, East of Suez, 1956-7
East Africa, East of Suez II, 1957-9
Internal Security and Decolonisation, 1956-9
Internal Security and Decolonisation II, 1959-65
Defence and Decolonisation, 1956-65
Conclusion