About this title: A riveting account of Britain's final bloody decade in Kenya, this book tells the story of the brutal war between the colonial government and the insurrectionist Mau Mau between 1952 and 1960.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 10/3/2005
ISBN-13:9780393327540ISBN:039332754X
Description: Fine. 039332754X NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black ink mark on outside edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: W. W. Norton Pub Date: 10/3/2005 Binding: Paperback Pages: 448. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393327540ISBN:039332754X
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 406 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Stated 1st American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393059861ISBN:0393059863
Description: Photo Illustrated. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 6.5 x 9.5 hard cover book. Black and white lettering on the white, black, and brown dust jacket spine with a photo illustrated cover. A groundbreaking work of colonial history in the tradition of King Leopold's Ghost and Boer War. 406 pages. Stated 1st American Edition. Light dust jacket wear. Tight binding. Near Fine/Near Fine condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 2005-10-03
ISBN-13:9780393327540ISBN:039332754X
Description: New. Pre-release book with same cover and publisher stickers. New, unread, unused & in perfect condition with no damaged or missing pages. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
Description: Excellent. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: W. W. Norton Pub Date: 10/3/2005 Binding: Paperback Pages: 448. read more
Description: Excellent. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: W. W. Norton Pub Date: 10/3/2005 Binding: Paperback Pages: 448. read more
Description: Excellent. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: W. W. Norton Pub Date: 10/3/2005 Binding: Paperback Pages: 448. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393327540ISBN:039332754X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2005-01-30
ISBN-13:9780393059861ISBN:0393059863
Description: Like New. Hardcover. Dust jacket in very good condition with normal shelf and use wear. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text. No highlighting or pen/pencil markings. We ship daily. read more
Edition: First American Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780393059861ISBN:0393059863
Description: As New in As New dust jacket. 0393059863. 2005 stated first American edition, first printing hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Protective mylar cover.; 1.42 x 9.29 x 6.3 Inches; 406 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2005-01-30
ISBN-13:9780393059861ISBN:0393059863
Description: Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine in publisher's quarter bound boards in like dust jacket. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide. read more
Description: New York, Norton, (2005). Reprint. Boards, fine in d/w, maps, tables, illust., pp. viii, 406. ISBN 0-393-05986-3. "...presents new findings so extraordinary that they promise not only to redefine our understandings of the brutal war between the colonial government and the insurrectionist Mau Mau but also to reveal our historical dishonesty in failing to distinguish between terrorists and political insurgents" (d/w blurb). First American edition. read more
Description: New York, Norton, (2005). Reprint. Boards, fine in d/w, maps, tables, illust., pp. viii, 406. ISBN 0-393-05986-3. "...presents new findings so extraordinary that they promise not only to redefine our understandings of the brutal war between the colonial government and the insurrectionist Mau Mau but also to reveal our historical dishonesty in failing to distinguish between terrorists and political insurgents" (d/w blurb). First American edition. read more
"This is one of two books (the other is Imperial Reckoning) that explores the Mau Mau rebellion and the British response fully. The Mau Mau may not have been nationalist heroes, but the British response was brutal. Not pleasant reading, but a good corrective to any tendency to romanticize colonialism."
"Interesting topic but really poorly written. It is has a strong political bias. It is more a recounting of events and an effort to prove the British wrong at every step. I am not saying who was and who wasn't wrong, but there is no real story told in this book because the closest thing you have to a protagonist is the revolution.
Of perhaps more interest is that I read the book at the behest of a Kenyan whose family suffered greatly during the revolution. He said it was the only book that really recounted the events accurately."
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