The Zulu War: Then and Now - Couverture rigide

Knight, Ian; Castle, Ian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0900913754 ISBN 13 : 9780900913754

Editeur : After the Battle, 1993

Synopsis

This work is one of the most widley known military campaigns of the Victorian era. The story is presented through the "After the Battle" series "then and now" photographic theme and contains graphic eyewitness accounts from both sides which aim to convey what it was like to give battle in the 1870s. Additional chapters cover what remains to be seen today, both on the battlefields and in museums; the lonely and sometimes unmarked and forgotten graves of the participants; the British forts and their ruins; plus accounts of those film productions that have since been made of the 1879 war.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Zulu War of 1879 was devastating in its brutality. Pitting the firepower of the professional British army against the skill and determination of King Cetshwayo's Zulu warriors, it was a mighty clash of military cultures that ended with the collapse of Zululand - the last great black kingdom bordering Britain's African colonies. This book traces the course of the Zulu War, covering the major battles of Rorke's Drift, Isandlwana and Khambula, and showing that the British victory was by no means easily won. The opposing forces - the British, under Gen Sir Arthur Cunnynghame and the Zulus, under their King Cetshwayo - are profiled, and their dress, equipment, organisation and military methodologies are examined in detail. This book includes material previously published as Campaign 14: ‘Zulu War 1879’, Elite 32: ‘British Forces in Zululand 1879’ and Elite 21: ‘The Zulus’.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Ian Knight is a leading international expert on the Anglo-Zulu War, and has contributed to over 30 books, and numerous television documentaries on the subject. In 2000 he was involved in the first archaeological survey of the Isandlwana battlefield. Ian Castle is a consultant to the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society, involved in the archaeological project working on the Zulu War battlefields. Ian began writing more than ten years ago and has written ten books, five of which are in Osprey’s Campaign series.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: After the Battle
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0900913754
• ISBN 13: 9780900913754
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 280