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Zulu War 1879

By Ian Knight

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Zulu War 1879

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A compact, detailed volume on one of the Victorian British Empire's key wars and the battles it comprised. 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 its authority. To contain this perceived threat, the British 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
96
Release Date:
1992-01-01
Publication Date:
1992-01-30
Publisher:
Bloomsbury USA
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1855321653
ISBN13:
9781855321656
Weight:
336 g
Height:
183 cm
Width:
246 cm
Thickness:
8 cm
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