Defeating Mau Mau creating Kenya : counterinsurgency civil war and decolonization Introduction : understanding loyalism in Kenyas civil war Vomiting the oath : the origins of loyalism in the growth of Mau Mau Terror and counter terror : March 1953 April 1954 From Mau Mau to home guard : the defeat of the insurgency Loyalism land and labour : the path to self mastery Loyalism in the age of decolonisation Eating the fruits of uhuru : loyalists Mau Mau and the post colonial state Conclusion : loyalism decolonisation and civil war