John P. Dunn

Khedive Ismail's Army

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780714657042
• ISBN-10: 0714657042
• Artikelnr.: 21676363

Autorenporträt

John P. Dunn is an Assistant Professor of History at Valdosta State University, Georgia, USA. He studies military affairs in nineteenth century Egypt, Poland and China. His work has appeared in The Journal of Military History, War in History, and The Journal of Slavic Military Affairs.

Inhaltsangabe

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. Avec sang-froid le plus rare. Said and the Mexican Adventure 5.
Conscripts, Stage Villains, and Slave Soldiers. Rank and File in the Army
of Khedive Ismail 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 9. The Imperial Road. Egyptian
Expansion in the Sudan 10. Imperial Apogee. The Coming of the
Egyptian-Abyssinian War 11. Descent into the Maelstrom. Egypt invades
Harar, Awsa, and the Somali Coast 12. A Ridge to Far. The Gundet Campaign
13. The Abyssinian Army 14. The Gura Campaign 15. End Game, Bibliography.