1960 memoir and military strategy book written by British Army officer General Sir Frank Kitson
The Mau Mau Uprising: The book details Kitson’s counterinsurgency campaign in British-ruled Kenya during the 1950s Mau Mau rebellion.
Pseudo-Gangs ("Counter-gangs"): Kitson pioneered the use of "pseudo-gangs"—units composed of captured and "turned" Mau Mau fighters, security forces, and intelligence personnel who disguised themselves as rebel fighters to infiltrate the forests and mountains.
Tactical Methods: The strategy relied on overlapping tactics including prisoner interrogations, turned trackers, paid informers, extensive card-index intelligence systems, and false-flag operations to gather intelligence and locate the enemy.
Legacy: The book became an underground classic of military strategy, and its low-intensity conflict methodologies later influenced British operations during "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland, such as the formation of the Military Reaction Force (MRF).