Sudan FROM THE PUBLISHER
On 2 September 1898, Kitchener's Anglo-Egyptian Army defeated a vast army of dervishes at the Battle of Omdurman. By this epic victory, Kitchener removed the threat posed by militant Islam in this region of Africa, crushed the Mahdist state, avenged the death of Gordon at Khartoum, and effectively reconquered the Sudan. To commemorate the centenary of those events, 11 historians have collaborated to produce a reappraisal of the reconquest and its international repercussions. They examine the policies, personalities and issues involved from perspectives in Britain, the other great powers and the Sudan.
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Historians examine the policies, personalities, and issues involved in an late 19th-century military conflict in the Sudan from perspectives in Britain and other great powers and the Sudan. British political and military policies are reviewed, with studies of the aims and motives of Lard Salisbury, the political problems of Kitchener's command, and the experience of campaigning in the Sudan. Other subjects include reporting on the conflict, and related events in Europe. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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