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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. Such as the works of David Anderson, Caroline Elkins and Huw Bennett on the Kenya Emergency. See Caroline Elkins, Britain's Gulag: The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya (London: Jonathan Cape, 2005); David Anderson, Histories of the Hanged: Britain's Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005); and Huw C Bennett, ‘British Army Counterinsurgency and the Use of Force in Kenya, 1952–56’, PhD dissertation, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 2007. 2. See, for example, John Nagl, Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2005). 3. Some of this work has already been conducted. Benjamin Valentino provides a thorough appraisal of the brutality used in some of the more extreme counter-insurgencies. Benjamin Valentino, Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the Twentieth Century (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004). However, the perception that Britain's post-war counter-insurgencies were primarily humane has previously excluded its campaigns from being addressed fully in these types of analyses. 4. John Collins's appraisal of counterinsurgency strategies, which addresses such topics as counter-guerrilla strategies, requisite force ratios and anti-underground strategies, provides an excellent example of a single-discipline approach to counter-insurgency. John Collins, Military Strategy: Principles, Practices and Historical Perspectives (Dulles, VA: Brassey's, 2002). 5. Jeremy Isaacs and Taylor Downing, Cold War (London: Bantam Press, 1998). 6. Nolan's book has a useful background chapter on the legacy of imperial policing, briefly considering campaigns from the Victorian period to the Second World War and their impact on the British Army's ‘small wars culture’. Additional informationNotes on contributorsFrancis GriceFrancis Grice is a PhD candidateAshley JacksonAshley Jackson a Professor of Imperial and Military History in the Defence Studies Department, King's College LondonChristopher CokerChristopher Coker is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political ScienceRobert CassidyColonel Robert Cassidy (US Army) served as a special assistant to the operational commander in Afghanistan in 2010–11. He is now a military professor at the Naval War College. He is the author of War, Will, and Warlords: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001–2011 (2012)Richard SpencerRichard Spencer is a retired foot soldier and army lawyerMacGregor KnoxMacGregor Knox is Stevenson Professor of International History emeritus at the London School of Economics and Political ScienceJames GoldrickRear Admiral James Goldrick saw extensive sea service with the Royal Australian Navy, Royal Navy and US Navy, and is currently acting in command of the Defence Force Academy in AustraliaMatt InceMatt Ince is the Project Manager for International Studies at RUSI