| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; Chapter 1: Some Preliminary Matters; The Hazards of Primary Sources; A Question of Time; Sir Bartle Frere's Ultimatum; Chapter 2: Isandlwana: Exordium; The Gunfight at Sihayo's; Topography of the Battlefield; The Zulu Impi; The Zulu Bivouac; Chapter 3: Isandlwana: Proelium; Discovery of the Zulu Impi; A Battle Timetable; The Eclipse; Chapter 4: Isandlwana: Post Scriptum; The Annotated Maps of Isandlwana; An Addendum; The Messages. |
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The Several Captains BartonThe Queen's Colour; Chapter 5: Rorke's Drift; The Hero of Rorke's Drift; The NNC at Rorke's Drift; The Blame Game; Chapter 6: Intermission; The NNC Withdrawal from Eshowe; Hlobane: A New Perspective; Chapter 7: The Second Invasion; The Road to Ulundi; Lord Chelmsford and Sir Henry Bulwer; Chapter 8: After the War; Lord Chelmsford and Whitehall; Major Graves v. the Natal Colonist; Captain Montgomery's Secret; The Zulu Use of Drugs; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 still intrigues both scholars and enthusiasts alike more than 130 years after it was fought. Its story contains tragedy, high drama and the heavy loss of human life; it involved five major battles and two lesser fights; and led to the snuffing out of the direct male Napoleonic line of France. And all this in less than one year. Reflecting on several years'' research, Keith Smith presents a series of essays which explore hitherto unanswered questions and offer fresh insights into the key battles and protagonists of this epic conflict. He presents some surprising conclu. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Zulu War, 1879.
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Zulu War (1879) |
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Zulu War, 1879 -- Campaigns.
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South Africa -- History, Military -- 19th century.
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South Africa. |
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History, Military. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Zululand (South Africa) -- History -- To 1879.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General. |
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa. |
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Military campaigns. |
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South Africa -- Zululand. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Military history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Keith. Dead was everything : studies in the Anglo-Zulu War. Second edition. South Yorkshire, England : Frontline Books, ©2014 x, 292 pages 9781848327313 |
| ISBN |
9781473837232 (electronic book) |
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1473837235 (electronic book) |
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9781473837454 (electronic book) |
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1473837456 (electronic book) |
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9781848327313 |
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