Research Catalog

Title

War on the Nile : Britain, Egypt, and the Sudan, 1882-1898 / Michael Barthorp.

Author

Barthorp, Michael

Publication

• Poole, Dorset : Blandford Press, 1984.
• New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.

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Details

Description

190 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 26 cm

Summary

Tells of Britain's continual military involvement in Egypt and the Sudan to protect British "interests" and the Suez Canal. A compelling story of gruelling desert campaigns led by Victorian generals such as Wolseley, Gordon, and Kitchener against Mahdi and the Khalifa.

Subject

• Śarmā, Kṛṣṇalāla Sūdana
• 1800-1899
• Geschichte 1882-1898
• Mahdi-Aufstand
• Sudan > History > 1821-1881
• Egypt > History > Tawfīq, 1879-1892
• Great Britain > History, Military > 19th century
• Egypt
• Great Britain
• Sudan
• Great Britain > Military history > 19th century
• Great Britain > Colonization
• Egypt > Military history
• Sudan > Military history
• Großbritannien
• Ägypten
• Egypt > History > British occupation, 1882-1936
• Sudan > History > 1862-1899
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1837-1901

Genre/Form

• History
• Military history
• Books.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 183-184.

Contents

pt. 1. The cleansing of Egypt: The half-way house ; Arabi's revolt ; Britain makes ready ; Landfall and advance ; Wolseley attacks -- pt. 2. The Mahdi's rebellion: The Sudan erupts ; A conflict of wills ; Against nature and time ; A spirited policy ; Last stand at Suakin -- pt. 3. The Sudan reclaimed: Holding the frontier. The advance begins ; On the Atbara ; Kitchener's triumph ; Gordon avenged.

ISBN

• 0713713100
• 9780713713107
• 0713718587
• 9780713718584

LCCN

85670106

OCLC

• ocm11886059
• 11886059
• SCSB-615367

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library