03295nam 2200649 450 991078809110332120230807204418.090-04-28308-010.1163/9789004283084(CKB)2670000000572490(EBL)1823624(SSID)ssj0001368193(PQKBManifestationID)12584687(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001368193(PQKBWorkID)11449308(PQKB)11741440(MiAaPQ)EBC1823624(OCoLC)894625135(OCoLC)894170722(nllekb)BRILL9789004283084(Au-PeEL)EBL1823624(CaPaEBR)ebr10959449(CaONFJC)MIL653642(OCoLC)894170722(EXLCZ)99267000000057249020141105h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInsurgency and counterinsurgency in Kenya a social history of the Shifta Conflict, c. 1963-1968 /by Hannah WhittakerLeiden, Netherlands :Brill,2015.©20151 online resource (186 p.)African Social Studies Series,1568-1203 ;Volume 34Description based upon print version of record.90-04-28267-X 1-322-22362-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Politics of NFD Secession, 1960–63 -- The Shifta -- The Shifta Conflict, 1963–68 -- Government Responses to Conflict (1): Counterinsurgency -- Government Responses to Conflict (2): Villagization -- Aftermath -- Conclusion -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.In Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya , Hannah Whittaker offers an in-depth analysis of the Somali secessionist war in northern Kenya, 1963-68. Combining archival and oral data, the work captures the complexity of the conflict, which combined a series of local, national and regional confrontations. The conflict was not, Whittaker argues, evidence of the potency of Somali nationalism, but rather an early expression of its failure. The book also deals with the Kenyan government’s response to the conflict as part of the entrenchment of African colonial boundaries at independence. Contrary to current narratives of an increasingly borderless world, Whittaker reminds us of the violence that is produced by state-led attempts to shore up contested borderlands. This work provides vital insights into the history behind the on-going troubled relationship between the Kenyan state and its Somali minority, and between Kenya and Somalia.African social studies series ;Volume 34.SomalisKenyaKenyaPolitics and government1963-1978KenyaHistoryAutonomy and independence movementsKenyaBoundariesSomaliaSomaliaBoundariesKenyaSomalis967.6204/1Whittaker Hannah1578514MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788091103321Insurgency and counterinsurgency in Kenya3857919UNINA