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In "The Transvaal from Within: A Private Record of Public Affairs," Percy Fitzpatrick offers an incisive and personal account of the political and social landscape of the Transvaal Republic during t……続きを見る

In "A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries," the renowned explorer David Livingstone presents a captivating narrative that combines meticulous scientifi……続きを見る

In "Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa," David Livingstone presents an enthralling account of his explorations in the uncharted heart of Africa during the mid-19th century. Blending v……続きを見る

In "The Great Boer War," Arthur Conan Doyle transcends his iconic detective persona to deliver a compelling historical account of the conflict between the British Empire and the Boer republics of So……続きを見る

What do soldiers do when all is lost? They keep fighting! In this best-selling anthology, Bryan Perrett provides gripping accounts of close-quarter battles and hard fought victory against all the od……続きを見る

The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism, with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kru……続きを見る

The Punjab region of India sent more than 600,000 combatants to assist the British war effort during World War I. Their families back home, thousands of miles from the major scenes of battle, were d……続きを見る

In 1961 a group of men arrived in Cambridge to join the Overseas Services Course before going on to work in the Provincial Administration of the Northern Rhodesia Government. This book features cont……続きを見る

In "The War in South Africa, Its Cause and Conduct," Arthur Conan Doyle provides a meticulous examination of the Second Boer War (1899-1902), dissecting not only the military strategies employed but……続きを見る

This chronicle of the first battle in the Anglo-Zulu War is "the most powerful and moving modern account of the great Zulu epic that I have ever read" (Richard Holmes, historian and author of The A……続きを見る

The Anglo-Zulu War may be best remembered for the military blundering that led to the astonishing British defeat at Isandlwana, but as Stephen Wade shows in this book, military action throughout the……続きを見る

One of the most highly regarded books on the British campaign of the nineteenth-century Anglo-Zulu War fought in southern Africa. Robust and economically self-reliant, the Zulu Kingdomーcreated by S……続きを見る

The Anglo-Zulu War lasted only six months in 1879, but in that relatively short time twenty-three men were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry under most trying and dangerous circumstances. Zul……続きを見る

"A densely detailed account of the 1879 Zulu defeat of the British . . . portrays a complex and interesting segment of British/African history."ー Library Journal The battle of Isandlwanaーa great Z……続きを見る

In "Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa," Alfred W. Drayson offers an evocative glimpse into the cultural landscape and sporting practices of the Xhosa people during the mid-19th cen……続きを見る

In "A Century of Wrong," Jan Christiaan Smuts offers an incisive examination of moral and philosophical dilemmas faced by humanity at the turn of the 20th century. Through a blend of historical anal……続きを見る

In "The Matabele Campaign," Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts movement, presents a gripping narrative of his experiences during the 1896 Matabele War in Southern Rh……続きを見る

In "Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900)," A. G. Hales presents a vivid and immersive chronicle of the Second Boer War, reflecting both the brutal realities of warfare and the co……続きを見る

Initially published in 1926, this book seeks to clear some misconceptions of Southern and Northern Rhodesia at the time of the evolution of British colonies that bear the name of Rhodes, their found……続きを見る

A history of the challenges to colonial rule in South Africa, with analysis of the civil wars and wars for independence in the years following WWII. The end of the Second World War may have heralded……続きを見る

Brigadier General Frank Crozier (1879- 1937) was a highly controversial figure in his day. As a young soldier he saw active service in the Boer War and West Africa before being forced to leave the B……続きを見る

En los inicios del siglo xx, como producto de 250 años de dominio de la minoría blanca, lo que hoy se conoce como Sudáfrica presentaba características que la identificaban con el resto de África sub……続きを見る

In 'Elf Jahre Gouverneur in Deutsch-Südwestafrika' schildert Theodor Leutwein eindringlich seine Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen während seiner Amtszeit als Gouverneur in einer der umstrittensten Kolo……続きを見る

Cape Town is a place between. Between two oceans, between first and third worlds, between east and west. So too the majority of its citizens, a people between black and white, native and settler, Af……続きを見る

This book showcases new research by emerging and established scholars on white workers and the white poor in Southern Africa. Rethinking White Societies in Southern Africa challenges the geographica……続きを見る

In "Land und Volk in Afrika - Berichte aus den Jahren 1865-1870" entfaltet Gerhard Rohlfs eine beeindruckende chronologische Erzählung seiner Reiseerlebnisse durch Afrika. Mit einem scharfen Blick f……続きを見る

“Blacks can be a nasty lot. We are capable of mass murder. Think of Idi Amin, Mobutu Sese Seko, vicious apartheid Bantustan leaders or of toyi-toying comrades with their fiery necklaces. Just last y……続きを見る

Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922) was a British-born Irish writer. In his early career, he was a notable military historian and critic, famously writing an account of the Boer War for which he was……続きを見る

“In the Ranks of the C.I.V.” is a 1900 account by Erskine Childers of his time spent as part of an artillery company in the South African Wars (1879–1915). This volume will appeal to those with an i……続きを見る

Do existing measures of state fragility measure fragility accurately? Based on commonly used fragility measures, South Africa (SA) is classified as a relatively stable state, yet rising violent crim……続きを見る