Format:
X, 413 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
25 cm
ISBN:
0674052749
,
9780674052741
Content:
Pt. 1. The road to Adwa -- Courtly ambitions -- Listing toward Adwa -- Italy in Africa -- The price of liberty -- Black in service of white -- Africa in Italy -- "Something humiliating for my kingdom" -- pt. 2. The battle -- Menelik's march -- Amba Alage -- Stalled at Sauria -- Baratieri chooses -- Armies meet -- The center crumbles -- pt. 3. Aftermaths -- Despair, panic, pursuit -- The harvest -- The long march -- Sons and lovers and accidental anthropologists -- Menelik abroad -- Reckonings -- Rescues -- Passings
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Pt. 1. The road to Adwa -- Courtly ambitions -- Listing toward Adwa -- Italy in Africa -- The price of liberty -- Black in service of white -- Africa in Italy -- "Something humiliating for my kingdom" -- pt. 2. The battle -- Menelik's march -- Amba Alage -- Stalled at Sauria -- Baratieri chooses -- Armies meet -- The center crumbles -- pt. 3. Aftermaths -- Despair, panic, pursuit -- The harvest -- The long march -- Sons and lovers and accidental anthropologists -- Menelik abroad -- Reckonings -- Rescues -- Passings.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Jonas, Raymond The Battle of Adwa Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Belknap, 2011 ISBN 9780674052741
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Afrika
;
Äthiopien
;
Schlacht von Adua
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37214
