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Author | : Harold E. Raugh |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 685 |
Release | : 2011-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0810874679 |
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The Anglo-Zulu War was one of many colonial campaigns in which the British Army served as the instrument of British imperialism. The conflict, fought against a native adversary the British initially under-estimated, is remarkable for battles that included perhaps the most humiliating defeat in British military history-the Battle of Isandlwana, January 22, 1879-and one of its most heroic feats of martial arms-the defense of Rorke's Drift, January 22-23, 1879. While lasting only six months, it is one of the most examined, studied, and debated conflicts in Victorian military history. Anglo-Zulu War, 1879: A Selected Bibliography is a research guide and tool for identifying obscure publications and source materials in order to encourage continued original and thought-provoking contributions to this popular field of historical study. From the student or neophyte to the study of the Anglo-Zulu War, its battles, and its opponents to the more experienced historian or scholar, this selected bibliography is a must for anyone interested in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Zulu War, 1879 |
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Author | : Adrian Greaves |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2012-06-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1409125726 |
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A new and complete history of Zululand, and its destruction at the hands of the British in 1879. This book is not only a complete history of the Zulus but also an account of the way the British won absolute rule in South Africa. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, Shaka Zulu established a nation in south-east Africa which was to become the most politically sophisticated and militarily powerful black nation in the entire area. Although the Zulus never had any quarrel with their British neighbours, the rulers of the Cape Colony could not conceive of them as anything but a threat. In 1879, under dubious pretences, the British finally crossed the Buffalo River, and embarked on a bloody war that was to rock the very foundations of the British Empire. The story is studded with tales of incredible heroism, drama and atrocity on both sides: the Battle of Isandlwana, where the Zulus inflicted on the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men without guns; Rorke's Drift, where a handful of British troops beat off thousands of Zulu warriors and won a record 11 VCs; and Ulundi, where the Zulus were finally crushed in a battle that was to herald some of the most shameful episodes in British Colonial history. Comprehensive, vast in scope, and filled with original and up-to-date research, this is a book that is set to replace all standard works on the subject.
Author | : John Laband |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Ethnology |
ISBN | : 9780719035821 |
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Author | : John Laband |
Publisher | : Greenhill Books |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2019-02-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1784383740 |
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For fans of Harry Turtledove, an alternate history novel in which Zulu forces triumph over the British at Rorke’s Drift in 1879 and invade Natal. January 1879. The British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom are at war. Lord Carnarvon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, who had successfully brought about federation in Canada in 1867, had believed a similar scheme would work in South Africa. But such plans are rejected by Boer leaders. Lord Chelmsford leads a British military expeditionary force to enter the Zulu Kingdom uninvited. A bloody battle ensues on 22 January 1879 at Isandlwana. The Zulus are the unexpected victors. After that brutal defeat, the British Army are at Rorke’s Drift on the Buffalo River in Natal Province, South Africa. A few hundred British and colonial troops, led by Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal Engineers and Gonville Bromhead, face the might of the Zulu army of thousands led by Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande (CORR). Against the odds, the British are victorious, and this defeat marks the end of the Zulu nation’s dominance of the region. The Defence of Rorke’s Drift would go down in history as an iconic British Empire Battle and inspired Victorian Britain. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to military personnel. But what if the Zulus had defeated the British at Rorke’s Drift and invaded Natal? . . . In the first ever alternate history of the Anglo-Zulu War, historian John Laband asks that question. With his vast knowledge of the Anglo-Zulu War, he turns history on its head and offers a tantalizing glimpse of a very different outcome, weaving a compelling, never-before told story of what could have been.
Author | : Adrian Greaves |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2007-03-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1781597294 |
Download Who's Who in the Zulu War, 1879: The British Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 has a character that inspires and fascinates readers and increasing numbers of visitors to South Africa. The two volume biographical dictionary of the participants is a unique venture and this second volume reveals much about the formidable Zulu nation which so nearly humbled the mighty British Empire which had provoked the conflict.Thanks to the deep knowledge and research abilities of the two authors this fascinating book provides detail on both the leaders of the Zulu armies, which totaled some 40,000 warriors. We learn of the terrible price paid by this proud nation not just from the defeat by the British but in the civil war of 1883 brought about as a result of the internal tensions unleashed by the Zulu War.The role of the Colonials, be they British settlers, Boer or non-Zulu Africans is also examined through highly informative entries on the main personalities.
Author | : John Laband |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) |
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Author | : Adrian Greaves |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2024-01-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1399040707 |
Download An Illustrated Tour of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu Battlefields Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 1878 southern Africa’s two most senior figures, army commander General Lord Chelmsford and the High Commissioner Sir Henry Bartle-Frere created a false threat of a Zulu invasion of British Natal. In an astonishing act of over-confidence and without any government permission, Frere and Chelmsford invaded Zululand with five independent columns of troops. Both leaders ignored the serious implications of their two recently failed expeditions against the Zulus’ neighbouring King Sekhukhune and his Pedi people. The Zulu war lasted only six months and witnessed two separate British invasions of Zululand – one catastrophic, one successful. This book gives the reader a general overview of the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 with descriptive text, location photographs and illuminating map overviews of the twelve main battles including Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift. The author’s unique maps are based on his own lecture notes and ‘battlefield map handouts’ as a Zulu War battlefield guide for over 25 years. These maps were avidly collected by his many groups and other guides; they clearly explain each battlefield’s layout and sequence of events but also included many little known details of each fierce and bloody engagement. At the suggestion of the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society, these maps are now reproduced in book form. While volumes have been written on the subject, this work gives us an even better insight into these gruelling and complex battles.
Author | : Andrew Duminy |
Publisher | : University of Kwazulu Natal Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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In 1879 news of the Zulu victory at Isandlwana reverberated around the world. A century later, modern scholars are still reassessing the causes of the Anglo-Zulu War and its impact upon Zulu society, southern Africa and the British Empire. The new perspectives collected in this book represent a variety of historical interpretations. They will be welcomed by all who have an interest in Natal and Zulu history as well as by those who are curious about recent trends in historical debate.
Author | : Richard L. Cope |
Publisher | : University of Kwazulu Natal Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
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The disaster at Isandlwana in 1879 focused the attention of the British public on a corner of the empire in which they had previously taken little interest - a war between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.