Prologue: The Hanged = 1
1 The Hidden History of an Anti-Colonial Rebellion = 9
Making a Rebellion = 13
Emerging Violence = 41
2 Burying the Past = 54
Chief Waruhiu = 55
Jock Scott and Judge Thacker = 61
Going to War = 68
Christmas Eve in Nyeri = 72
3 'Parasites in Paradise': Race, Violence and Mau Mau = 77
'A sunny land for shady people' = 79
Killing Bwana = 86
'Them or us' = 95
Paradise Postponed = 111
4 Death at Lari: The Story of an African Massacre = 119
Victims and Vengeance = 125
A Deeper History = 139
Courtroom Dramas = 151
Executions = 173
Colonial Consequences = 177
5 Struggles in the City: Mau Mau in Nairobi = 181
African Life in Eastlands = 184
Terrorizing the Tai-tai = 190
Operation Anvil = 200
Fighting Back = 212
Corruption at City Hall = 224
6 General China's War: Freedom Fighters in the Forests = 230
Flight to the Forests = 235
Bugles and Battles = 251
Surrenders = 273
Psycho Does and Pseudo Ops = 279
7 Crimes of Punishment: Law and Disorder in Kikuyuland = 289
Carrots and Sticks = 293
Ruthagathi: Kenya's Belsen = 297
Excessive Force = 307
The Gulag = 311
8 Spoils of War: Decolonizing Kenya, Memorializing Mau Mau = 328
Coming Home = 330
Kenyatta: 'The Reconciler' = 333
Monuments, Museums, Movies = 336
Mathenges Return = 340
Appendix: Tables = 345
Notes = 357
Glossary = 387
Chronology = 387
Acknowledgements = 395
Index 398
1 The Hidden History of an Anti-Colonial Rebellion = 9
Making a Rebellion = 13
Emerging Violence = 41
2 Burying the Past = 54
Chief Waruhiu = 55
Jock Scott and Judge Thacker = 61
Going to War = 68
Christmas Eve in Nyeri = 72
3 'Parasites in Paradise': Race, Violence and Mau Mau = 77
'A sunny land for shady people' = 79
Killing Bwana = 86
'Them or us' = 95
Paradise Postponed = 111
4 Death at Lari: The Story of an African Massacre = 119
Victims and Vengeance = 125
A Deeper History = 139
Courtroom Dramas = 151
Executions = 173
Colonial Consequences = 177
5 Struggles in the City: Mau Mau in Nairobi = 181
African Life in Eastlands = 184
Terrorizing the Tai-tai = 190
Operation Anvil = 200
Fighting Back = 212
Corruption at City Hall = 224
6 General China's War: Freedom Fighters in the Forests = 230
Flight to the Forests = 235
Bugles and Battles = 251
Surrenders = 273
Psycho Does and Pseudo Ops = 279
7 Crimes of Punishment: Law and Disorder in Kikuyuland = 289
Carrots and Sticks = 293
Ruthagathi: Kenya's Belsen = 297
Excessive Force = 307
The Gulag = 311
8 Spoils of War: Decolonizing Kenya, Memorializing Mau Mau = 328
Coming Home = 330
Kenyatta: 'The Reconciler' = 333
Monuments, Museums, Movies = 336
Mathenges Return = 340
Appendix: Tables = 345
Notes = 357
Glossary = 387
Chronology = 387
Acknowledgements = 395
Index 398