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Voices from the Zulu War : campaigning through the eyes of the British soldier, 1879 / Ian Knight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knight, Ian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zulu War, 1879--Personal narratives, British.
- Zulu War, 1879.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- South Yorkshire, England : Frontline Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4738-2033-2
- 1-4738-0101-X
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