Tribe That Washed its Spears: The Zulu at War - Couverture rigide

Greaves, Adrian; Mkhize, Xolani

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848848412 ISBN 13 : 9781848848412

Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2013

Synopsis

This authoritative, yet hugely readable, book traces the history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa - they were not indigenous as were the Koi and San population - and the establishment of Zululand. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka and his colourful successors under whose leadership the warrior nation built its fiercesome reputation. It studies the tactics and weapons employed during the numerous inter-tribal battles that occurred. The Zulus' real struggle for survival, rather than supremacy, came in wars against the white settlers. In 1877/78 they defeated the Boers in the Sekunini War and this prompted British intervention. Initially the might of the British empire was humbled but the 1879 war, despite the shock Zulu victory at Isandlwana, saw the crushing of the Zulu Nation. The little known consequences of the division of Zululand, the Boer War and the 1906 Zulu Rebellion are analysed in fascinating detail.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Adrian Greaves is the founder of the Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society and the author of numerous books on the period and South African wars, including Isandlwana, The Curling Diaries and Sister Janet (all P & S).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Military
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848848412
• ISBN 13: 9781848848412
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible