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Britain's Gulag - The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya (Paperback): Caroline Elkins

Britain's Gulag - The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya (Paperback)

Caroline Elkins

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Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. The draconian response of Britain's colonial government was to detain nearly the entire Kikuyu population of 1.5 million and to portray them as sub-human savages. Detainees in their thousands - possibly a hundred thousand or more - died from exhaustion, disease, starvation and systemic physical brutality. For decades these events remained untold. Caroline Elkins conducted years of research to piece together this story, unearthing reams of documents and interviewing several hundred Kikuyu survivors. Britain's Gulag reveals, for the first time, the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire.

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Imprint: The Bodley Head Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2014
Authors: Caroline Elkins
Dimensions: 235 x 154 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 475
ISBN-13: 978-1-84792-294-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > African history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN: 1-84792-294-5
Barcode: 9781847922946

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