Zulu Warriors : The Battle for the South African Frontier / John Laband.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laband, John, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zulu War, 1879.

Zulu (African people)--History--19th century.

Zulu (African people).

Sociology, Military--South Africa--Zululand.

Sociology, Military.

Zululand (South Africa)--History, Military--19th century.

Zululand (South Africa).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the British embarked on a concerted series of campaigns in South Africa. Within three years they waged five wars against African states with the intent of destroying their military might and political independence and unifying southern Africa under imperial control. This is the first work to tell the story of this cluster of conflicts as a single whole and to narrate the experiences of the militarily outmatched African societies. Deftly fusing the widely differing European and African perspectives on events, John Laband details the fateful decisions of individual leaders and generals and explores why many Africans chose to join the British and colonial forces. The Xhosa, Zulu, and other African military cultures are brought to vivid life, showing how varying notions of warrior honor and manliness influenced the outcomes for African fighting men and their societies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

List of Maps

Abbreviations

Note on Terminology

1. The Shadow of Isandlwana

2. Bushman's River Pass

3. Bopedi

4. Sobhuza's Dream

5. 'The Boers Are Killing Me'

6. The 'Black Conspiracy'

7. EmaXhoseni

8. 'They Must Be Humbled and Subdued'

9. 'I Am in a Corner'

10. Calling in the 'amaJohnnies'

11. Not the 'White Man's Dogs'

12. 'Rather Like a Rat Hunt'

13. A 'Hideous and Disgusting Place'

14. Resisting with 'Fixity of Purpose'

15. 'The Ground Was His'

16. Preparing to 'Draw the Monster's Teeth and Claws'

17. The Meat of Heroes

18. 'We Shall Go and Eat Up the White Men'

19. 'How Can We Give You Mercy?'

20. 'No Quarter, Boys!'

21. 'The Army Is Now Thoroughly Beaten'

22. 'Short, Sharp and Decisive'

23. Paying the Price

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY of Printed Works Cited in the Notes

Acknowledgements

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-20619-4

OCLC:

988848418