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Item Details
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THE ZULU WAR 1879
TWILIGHT OF A WARRIOR NATION |
| By: |
Ian Knight |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£15.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1855321653 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781855321656 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
30 January, 1992 |
| Series: |
Osprey Campaign S. No. 14 |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Description: |
A study of the war between the independent Zulu nation and the British in 1879. The British administration aimed to crush the Zulus so that their authority in the region was unchallenged. The author focuses on the battles of Isandlwana and Khambula. |
| Synopsis: |
Osprey's Campaign title for the Zulu War (1879). In the late 1870s the British Imperial administration in the Cape colony in southern Africa began to view the Zulu kingdom as a challenge to their authority.To contain this perceived threat, they engineered a war. The early campaigns went terribly wrong, with the decisive Zulu victory at Isandlwana. Ultimately however, the British won the war. The Zulus, primarily reliant on their skill with the stabbing spear, had no real defence or retaliation against the massed firepower of professional British soldiers. Ian Castle examines the British-Zulu war and its two key battles, Isandlwana and Khambula, with excellent black and white photographs accompanying the clear and detailed text. |
| Illustrations: |
3 colour 3-D maps, 10 colour plates, 70 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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