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Zulu warriors : the battle for the South African frontier /

"The Anglo-Zulu War, the most famous of Britain's lte ninetweenth-century campaigns of colonial conquest, was not fought in isolation. Along with the two Anglo-Pedi wars, the Ninth Cape Frontier War and the Northern Border War, it was one in a brutal series of interconnected and overlappin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laband, John, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Prologue : The shadow of Isandlwana ; Bushman's river pass
  • The Boer
  • Pedi War, 1876
  • 1877 : Bopedi ; Sobhuza's dream ; 'The boers are killing me' ; The 'black conspiracy'
  • The Ninth Cape Frontier War, 1877
  • 1878 : EmaXhoseni ; 'They must be humbled and subdued' ; 'I am in a corner' ; Calling in the 'amaJohnnies' ; Not the 'white man's dogs' ; 'Rather like a rat hunt'
  • The Northern Border War, 1878 : A 'hideous and disgusting place' ; Resisting with 'fixity of purpose'
  • The First Anglo-Pedi War, 1878 : 'The ground was his'
  • The Anglo-Zulu War, 1879 : Preparing to 'draw the monster's teeth and claws' ; The meat of heroes ; 'We shall go and eat up the white men' ; 'How can we give you mercy?' ; 'No quarter, boys!' ; 'The army is now thoroughly beaten'
  • The Second Anglo-Pedi War, 1879 : 'Short, sharp and decisive'
  • Conclusion : Paying the price.