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The siege of Magdala : the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia /
- Title
- The siege of Magdala : the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia / Volker Matthies ; translated from German by Steven Rendall.
- Author
- Matthies, Volker.
- Publication
- Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Rendall, Steven.
- Description
- xxiv, 209 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Unternehmen Magdala. English
- Alternative Title
- Unternehmen Magdala.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Copyright [MARC+93] 2010 by Ch. Links Verlag GmbH, Berlin, for the German edition, entitled Unternehmen Magdala: Strafexpedition in Äthiopien, by Volker Matthies."--P. iv.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction: a curious campaign -- Mysterious Ethiopia -- Tewodros II defies Queen Victoria -- The European hostages -- The British Empire prepares for war -- A harbor city built overnight -- Embedded journalists -- The long march to Magdala -- The Aroge massacre -- The assault on the fortress -- The looting of Ethiopian cultural treasures -- Orderly withdrawal -- The victors' triumphal return to England -- Balance sheet: military intervention without colonial occupation.
- ISBN
- 9781558765511 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1558765514 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781558765528 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1558765522 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011033727
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library