Far from having to abandon her post-war ""East of Suez"" role, Britain continued to pursue ""imperial"" African interests well after the Suez debacle and the ""End of Empire."" Kenya was center stage. Little scholarship has been produced on British policy in pursuing her interests beyond Kenyan independence. This book shows Britain maintaining her strategic priorities in Kenya--cultivating the ''moderate"" Kenyatta government, giving up the unacceptable colonial army base, but retaining military camps, rights of overflying, staging and training the Kenyan military, including internal...
Far from having to abandon her post-war ""East of Suez"" role, Britain continued to pursue ""imperial"" African interests well after the Suez debacle ...