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How Can Man Die Better
The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed
Av Mike Snook
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the long and distinguished history of the British Army. At noon a massive Zulu host attacked the 24th Regiment in its encampment at the foot of the mountain of Isandlwana, a distinctive feature that bore an eerie resemblance to the …
Beyond the Reach of Empire
Wolseley''s Failed Campaign to save Gordon and Khartoum
Av Mike Snook
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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In the early 1880s the Mahdi unleashed a spectacularly successful jihadist uprising against Egyptian colonial rule in the Sudan. Early in1884 Cairo bowed to British pressure to withdraw. Beyond the Reach of Empire describes how Major General Charles Gordon was despatched to evacuate Khartoum and …
Into the Jaws of Death
British Military Blunders, 1879–1900
Av Mike Snook
E-bok, 2008
132 kr
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A study of British military defeats and disasters in the late nineteenth century: "An enthralling look at the Victorian army in adversity." —BBC History Magazine Between the Crimean War and the dawn of the twentieth century, the British Army was almost continuously engaged in one corner of the …
Into the Jaws of Death
British Military Blunders, 1879–1900
Av Mike Snook
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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Between the Crimean War and the dawn of the 20th century, the British Army was almost continuously engaged in one corner of the globe or another, in military operations famously characterized by Kipling as the 'savage wars of peace'. In his new work on the most dramatic Victorian campaigns Mike …
Like Wolves on the Fold
The Defence of Rorke''s Drift
Av Mike Snook
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the annals of military history. In the morning, a modern British army was swept aside by the onset of a seemingly unstoppable host at Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote border outpost on the Buffalo River, a single company of the 24th …
How Can Man Die Better
The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed
Av Mike Snook
Häftad, 2010
181 kr
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Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the long and distinguished history of the British Army. At noon a massive Zulu host attacked the 24th Regiment in its encampment at the foot of the mountain of Isandlwana, a distinctive feature that bore an eerie resemblance to the …
Beyond the Reach of Empire
Wolseley's Failed Campaign to Save Gordon and Khartoum
Av Mike Snook
Häftad, 2022
208 kr
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In the early 1880s Muhammad Ahmed, the self-styled Mahdi, unleashed a spectacularly successful jihadist uprising against Egyptian colonial rule in the Sudan. The Egyptian military met with a series of disasters, including the rout of major expeditions led by hired-in British colonels, William Hicks …
