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Khedive Ismail's Army examines military failure in the age of imperialism. On paper, the mid-nineteenth century Egyptian army seems a formidable regional power. It had a tradition of success, modern weapons, and mercenary officers with experience in major wars. Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismai...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunn, John P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Colección:Cass military studies.
Temas:
Ismail, > Khedive of Egypt, > 1830-1895.
Ismail, > Khedive of Egypt, > 1830-1895
Egypt. > Jaysh > History > 19th century.
Egypt. > Jaysh
1800-1899
HISTORY > Military > Pictorial.
Armies.
Regions & Countries - Africa.
History & Archaeology.
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Egypt > History, Military > 19th century.
Egypt > History > Ismail, 1863-1879.
Égypte > Histoire > 1863-1879 (Ismäil)
Egypt
History
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Diamonds in the rough
  • 2. Creating a military machine : Muhammad Ali and his Neo-Mamluks
  • 3. 'Hideous negroes from Nubia' : Egypt and the Crimean War
  • 4. 'The army was his hobby' : Said and the Mexican adventure
  • 5. Conscripts, stage villains, and slave-soldiers : rank and file in Khedive Ismail's army
  • 6. Native-born or mercenary? : selecting officers for the army of Khedive Ismail
  • 7. Weapons procurement policies and the Egyptian economy
  • 8. The Khedive and the Sultan
  • 9. The imperial road : Egyptian expansion in the Sudan, 1869-1879
  • 10. Imperial apogee : the coming of the Egyptian-Abyssinian War
  • 11. Descent into the maelstrom : Egypt invades the Somali Coast, Harar, and the Awsa
  • 12. A ridge too far : the Gundet Campaign
  • 13. The Abyssinian army
  • 14. The Gura Campaign (January-March 1876)
  • 15. End game.

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