In Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya, Hannah Whittaker offers an in-depth analysis of the Somali secessionist war in northern Kenya, 1963-68.

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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya: A Social History of the Shifta Conflict, c. 1963-1968; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; The Northern Frontier District of Kenya: People, Place, and History; Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Borderland Kenya; Sources and Methodology; The Book; 2 The Politics of nfd Secession, 1960-63; The Political Campaign for Secession; Moderates and Radicals; Dabasso Wabera and Hajj Galm Dida; Gaaf Chaama (the Time of Political Parties); Conclusions; 3 The Shifta; The Formation of the NFDLF. Becoming ShiftaSupport and Opposition for Shifta; Conclusions; 4 The Shifta Conflict, 1963-68; The NFD Liberation Campaign; "These Feuds are Always There": The Socioeconomic Dynamics of a Rural Rebellion; Conflict in Marsabit; Salfaa; Conclusions; 5 Government Responses to Conflict (1) : Counterinsurgency; The War against Shifta; The Militarization of Northern Kenya; "They Even Called the Camels Shifta"; Conclusions; 6 Government Responses to Conflict (2) Villagization; The Roots of Villagization; Implementing Villagization; The Villagization Experience; Conclusions; 7 Aftermath "What [is] the Purpose of Fighting for an Empty Land?""There has Never Been Peace": Continuity and Change in the Local Political Economy of Violence; "We are Not People of Farms"; Conclusions; 8 Conclusion; Sources; Bibliography; Index