Donald Morris delivers an account of the rise of the Zulu nation in southern Africa, and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu war of 1879. For more than a century after the European landing at Cape Town in the 17th century, the Boers had advanced unopposed into the vast interior of Africa. It was not until 1824 that Europeans came face to face with another expanding and imperial power, the Zulus, the most formidable nation in black Africa. That confrontation culminated in a bitter war between the Zulu warriors and Victoria's British Army. It was the last despairing effort of Africans to stem the tide of white civilization. The result was a dramatic, legendary and bloody defeat at Isandhlwana for the British; the aftermath was the defeat and fall of the Zulu nation. This work sets out to be not only a history of the Zulus but also a full-scale study of the British colonial and military policy in relation to southern Africa, and of those involved.
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Morris has written what has been for many years and will remain for many more the definitive history of the Zulu Nation. From it' s formation under Shaka until it's defeat under Cetawayo read of the deceit of one imperial diplomat intent on war to further Brittania's colonial ambitions. Instead of an easy victory the British suffered their greatest military defeat of the 19th century. The Washing of the Spears is a beautifully crafted description of the clash between the two philosophies of the Noble Savage versus Manifest Destiny.
The book is excellent. Unfortunately the stock fishpond keep of this item is faulty and if you purchase this title from fishpond they are likely to send you a misprinted version that, by the grubbiness of the copy, appears to have been sent to many others before myself.
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