Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The African Wars - Warriors and Soldiers of the Colonial Campaigns, Chris Peers

The African Wars - Warriors and Soldiers of the Colonial Campaigns, Chris Peers.

This is an invaluable examination of a number of the most successful African armies and societies of the nineteenth century, examining their organisation, weapons and success or failures against the Colonial powers, in particular Britain, Germany and the independent colony run by the king of Belgium.

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