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Zulu War 1879
- Title
- Zulu War 1879 / Ian Knight & Ian Castle.
- Author
- Knight, Ian, 1956-
- Publication
- Westport, CT : Praeger, 2005.
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- Additional Authors
- Castle, Ian.
- Description
- 96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "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, culminating with the decisive Zulu victory at Isandlwana. However, the Zulus, primarily reliant on their skill with the stabbing spear, had no real defense or retaliation against the massed firepower of professional British soldiers, and ultimately the British won the war. Ian Knight and Ian Castle examine the Zulu war and its two key battles, Isandlwana and Khambula, with excellent black and white photographs accompanying the clear and detailed text."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Praeger illustrated military history, 1547-206X
- Uniform Title
- Praeger illustrated military history series.
- Subject
- Zulu War, 1879
- Note
- Originally published: London : Osprey, 1992.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.
- ISBN
- 0275986284 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004062420
- OCLC
- ocm56942152
- SCSB-5198726
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries