Britain, Northern Rhodesia and the First World War: Forgotten Colonial Crisis - Rilegato

Yorke, Edmund James

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ISBN 10: 1137435771 ISBN 13: 9781137435774

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

"The ideas of "total war" may have been developed on the back of the First World War in Europe, but this book shows how relevant many were to the war outside Europe. Edmund Yorke weaves together economic, imperial and military history to show the impact of war in ways that each, in isolation, cannot begin to convey. He provides context and illumination from one to the others. Here in microcosm is a case study of the effects of "total" and protracted warfare in sub-Saharan Africa." - Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of War Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

L'autore:

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).

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1137435771
• ISBN 13: 9781137435774
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 337