Zulu Warriors: The Battle for the South African Frontier - Hardcover

Laband, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300180314 ISBN 13: 9780300180312

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Physical description; 345 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. Subjects; Zulu War, 1879. Zulu (African people) - History - 19th century. Sociology, Military - South Africa - Zululand.

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Reseña del editor:

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the British embarked on a concerted series of campaigns in South Africa. Within three years they waged five wars against African states with the intent of destroying their military might and political independence and unifying southern Africa under imperial control. This is the first work to tell the story of this cluster of conflicts as a single whole and to narrate the experiences of the militarily outmatched African societies. Deftly fusing the widely differing European and African perspectives on events, John Laband details the fateful decisions of individual leaders and generals and explores why many Africans chose to join the British and colonial forces. The Xhosa, Zulu, and other African military cultures are brought to vivid life, showing how varying notions of warrior honor and manliness influenced the outcomes for African fighting men and their societies.

Biografía del autor:

John Laband is professor, Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, and the author or editor of many books on Africa.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0300180314
• ISBN 13: 9780300180312
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 360