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Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War: Forgotten Colonial Crisis (Studies in Military and Strategic History)
Edmund James Yorke
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Hardcover. An insightful account of the devastating impact of the Great War, upon the already fragile British colonial African state of Northern Rhodesia. Deploying extensive archival and rare evidence from surviving African veterans, it investigates African resistance at this time. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMZ; 3JJF; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
An insightful account of the devastating impact of the Great War, upon the already fragile British colonial African state of Northern Rhodesia. Deploying extensive archival and rare evidence from surviving African veterans, it investigates African resistance at this time.
An insightful account of the devastating impact of the Great War, upon the already fragile British colonial African state of Northern Rhodesia. Deploying extensive archival and rare evidence from surviving African veterans, it investigates African resistance at this time.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Military and Strategic History
Number of Pages
337
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137435774
SKU
V9781137435774
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Ref
99-15
About Edmund James Yorke
Edmund Yorke is currently Senior Lecturer in the War Studies Department at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK. He has authored works on British Imperial and Commonwealth political and military affairs and his recent books include The New South Africa (1998), Playing the Great Game (2012), Battle Story's Rorkes Drift and Isandlwana (2011 and 2012), and Mafeking (2014).
Reviews for Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War: Forgotten Colonial Crisis (Studies in Military and Strategic History)
“The author has filled a gap in the early years of Northern Rhodesia dominated by WWI. No-one before has brought together so much relevant material in such a concentrated form. … The author is to be warmly congratulated for his contribution to such an important part of Northern Rhodesia’s social, imperial and military history and on the painstaking research entailed.” ... Read more