‘Playing Cold War politics’: The Cold War in Anglo-Kenyan Relations in the 1960s
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Publication Date
2018Journal Title
Cold War History
ISSN
1468-2745
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Volume
18
Issue
1
Pages
37-54
Type
Article
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Cullen, P. (2018). ‘Playing Cold War politics’: The Cold War in Anglo-Kenyan Relations in the 1960s. Cold War History, 18 (1), 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2017.1387774
Abstract
Kenya has rarely been considered a major Cold War battleground,
becoming linked with Britain and the Western side, even whilst
being publicly committed to non-alignment and African Socialism.
Nonetheless, the Cold War offered opportunities for Kenya’s newly
independent leaders. It was utilised in factional political debates
between Tom Mboya and Oginga Odinga. In the late 1960s, leading
Kenyans around President Jomo Kenyatta used Cold War rhetoric and
rivalries to bargain to their advantage with the British over arms sales.
British policy-makers offered concessions as they worked to build and
then maintain their position as Kenya’s closest foreign partner.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2017.1387774
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271094
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