Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 240 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0714657042
Series Statement:
Cass military studies
Content:
This book provides the first detailed examination in English of the Egyptian-Abyssinian War and looks at the root problems that made Ismail's soldiers ineffective, including class, racism, politics, finance, and changing military technology
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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KHEDIVE ISMAIL'S ARMY; Copyright; Contents; List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Geographical gazetteer; 1 Diamonds in the rough; 2 Creating a military machine: Muhammad Ali and his Neo-Mamluks; 3 'Hideous Negroes from Nubia': Egypt and the Crimean War; 4 'The army was his hobby': Said and the Mexican adventure; 5 Conscripts, stage villains, and slave-soldiers: rank and file in Khedive Ismail's army; 6 Native-born or mercenary? Selecting officers for the army of Khedive Ismail; 7 Weapons procurement policies and the Egyptian economy; 8 The Khedive and the Sultan
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9 The imperial road: Egyptian expansion in the Sudan, 1869-187910 Imperial apogee: the coming of the Egyptian-Abyssinian War; 11 Descent into the maelstrom: Egypt invades the Somali Coast, Harar, and Awsa; 12 A ridge too far: the Gundet Campaign; 13 The Abyssinian army; 14 The Gura Campaign (January-March 1876); 15 End game; Glossary; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780714657042
Additional Edition:
Print version Khedive Ismail's Army
Language:
English
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