German colonial wars and the context of military violence /

Germany fought three major colonial wars from 1900 to 1908: the Boxer War in China, the Herero and Nama War in Southwest Africa, and the Maji Maji War in East Africa. Recently, historians have emphasized the role of German military culture in shaping the horrific violence of these conflicts, tracing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuss, Susanne (Autor)
Otros Autores: Smith, Andrew (Translator) (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Militarism > Germany > History > 20th century.
Maji Maji Uprising, 1905-1907.
Imperialism.
Impérialisme.
HISTORY > World.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Militarism.
Germany > History, Military > 20th century.
Namibia > History > Herero Revolt, 1904-1907.
Namibia > History > Nama Revolt, 1904-1908.
China > History > Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901.
Allemagne > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
Namibie > Histoire > 1904-1907 (Révolte des Herero)
Namibie > Histoire > 1904-1908 (Soulèvement des Nama)
Chine > Histoire > 1899-1901 (Révolte des Boxers)
China.
Germany.
Namibia.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Three wars: The Boxer War
  • The Herero and Nama war
  • The Maji Maji war
  • Part II. The colonial theater of war: The motivation of white and native colonial soldiers
  • Training and weaponry
  • Ideology and passage to war
  • Environment and enemy
  • Diseases and injuries
  • Reaction from the foreign powers
  • Parliament and the military press
  • Part III. Evaluation and memory: The military
  • Veterans' associations
  • Legacy.

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