2. The British Imperial Stage

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xiii
4. Part I. Revolts and Strategies of National Liberation
5. 1. The Nature of Revolt 1
6. 2. The British Imperial Stage 19
7. Part Two. Revolts against the Crown
8. 3. The Palestinian Archetype: Irgun and the Strategy of Leverage 31
9. 4. Two Alternative Strategies: Agitation in the Gold Coast and Communism in Malaya 71
10. 5. Two Flawed Strategies: The Mau Mau in Kenya and the Egyptian Fedayeen in the Suez Canal Zone 92
11. 6. Two Classical Confrontations: Containment of EOKA in Cyprus and Concession to the NLF in South Arabia 115
12. Part Three. On Revolt: Matrix, Models, and a Template
13. 7. A Generation of Violent Dialogue: The Evolving British Matrix 165
14. 8. The Rebel Models 179
15. 9. An Irish Template 192
16. Part Four. The Rebel Vocation
17. 10. The Lethal Dialogue 209
18. Sources 241
19. Notes 255
20. Index 265