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The siege of Magdala : the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia / Volker Matthies ; translated from German by Steven Rendal l.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers, 2012.Description: xxiv, 209 p.: ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781558765528 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Unternehmen Magdala. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 963.041 23
Contents:
Introduction: a curious campaign -- Mysterious Ethiopia -- Tewodros II defies Queen Victoria -- The European hostages -- The British Empire prepares for war -- A harbor city built overnight -- Embedded journali sts -- The long march to Magdala -- The Aroge massacre -- The assault o n the fortress -- The looting of Ethiopian cultural treasures -- Orderl y withdrawal -- The victors' triumphal return to England -- Balance she et: military intervention without colonial occupation.
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"Copyright à 2010 by Ch. Links Verlag GmbH, Berlin, for the German e dition, entitled Unternehmen Magdala: Strafexpedition in èAthiopien, by Volker Matthies."--P. iv.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: a curious campaign -- Mysterious Ethiopia -- Tewodros II defies Queen Victoria -- The European hostages -- The British Empire prepares for war -- A harbor city built overnight -- Embedded journali sts -- The long march to Magdala -- The Aroge massacre -- The assault o n the fortress -- The looting of Ethiopian cultural treasures -- Orderl y withdrawal -- The victors' triumphal return to England -- Balance she et: military intervention without colonial occupation.

Translation of: Unternehmen Magdala.

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