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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, 2012.

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Additional Authors

Rendall, Steven

Description

xxiv, 209 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Uniform Title

Unternehmen Magdala. English

Alternative Title

Unternehmen Magdala.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

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
1558765514
9781558765528
1558765522

LCCN

2011033727

OCLC

ocn746489734
746489734
SCSB-1629015

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library