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Title Voices from the Zulu War : Campaigning Through the Eyes of the British Soldier, 1879 / Ian Knight.

Publication Info. Yorkshire : FRONTLINE Books, [2011]
©1992

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Description 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Note "This book was first published by Greenhill Books in hardback in 1992 under the title "Under the Orders of the Great White Queen"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-269) and index.
Note Description based on print version record.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I The Zulu War; II Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift; III The Siege and Relief of Eshowe; IV Wood's Column: Hlobane and Khambula; V The Second Invasion; Biographical Notes; Further Reading; Index.
Summary The forces of the independent Zulu kingdom inflicted a crushing defeat on British imperial forces at Isandlwana in January 1879. The Zulu army was not, however, a professional force, unlike its British counterpart, but was the mobilised manpower of the Zulu state. In this ground-breaking study, Ian Knight details just how the Zulu army functioned and ties its role firmly to the broader context of Zulu society and culture. After surveying the Zulu army from its creation during the wars of Shaka in the early nineteenth century, and the subsequent development of Zulu fighting methods, Ian Knight f.
Subject Zulu War (1879) (OCoLC)fst01184909
Zulu War, 1879 -- Personal narratives, British.
HISTORY / Africa / South / General
HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
Chronological Term 1879
Genre/Form Personal narratives -- British. (OCoLC)fst01424087
Electronic books.
Added Author Knight, Ian, 1956- compiler, editor.
Added Title By the orders of the great white queen.
Other Form: Print version: Voices from the Zulu War. Yorkshire : FRONTLINE Books, 2011, ©1992 9781848325906 (DLC) 2011500969 (OCoLC)756507706
ISBN 9781473801011 (electronic bk.)
147380101X (electronic bk.)
9781473820333 (electronic bk.)
1473820332 (electronic bk.)
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