TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matthies, Volker.
AU  - Rendall, Steven.
TI  -  The siege of Magdala: the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia 
SN  - 9781558765528 (pbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 963.041 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Markus Wiener Publishers
KW  -  Great Britain
KW  - Army
KW  - History
KW  - Magdala, Battle of, Amba Maryam, Ethiopia, 1868
KW  - Ethiopia
KW  -  1490-1889
KW  - Amba Maryam (Ethiopia)
KW  -  19th century
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Great Britain
N1  - "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
ER  -