'The Danger of Divided Command': British civil and military disputes over the conduct of the Zululand campaigns of 1879 and 1888

dc.creator	John Laband
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:10Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:10Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/31-2-153
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/dcc979defa8647a8be447d6381ee8630
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8023
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/dcc979defa8647a8be447d6381ee8630
dc.description	<p><strong>Civil and military command in nineteenth-century southern Africa </strong></p> <p>In the hey-day of the British Empire the respective spheres of authority of the civil and military powers were not necessarily unequivocally defined, leading on occasion to disputes which threatened the efficient conduct of military operations. The most spectacular and bitter confrontation of this sort was that between the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, Lord Kitchener, which culminated in Curzon's resignation in August 1905.' The obscure colonies of Natal and Zululand were of a very different order from the glittering Indian Empire, but there too, in 1879 and again in 1888, sharp wrangles developed between the civil and military authorities with ultimately significant consequences. For the British Government was at last forced to revise and clarity its regulations so that henceforth throughout the Empire-besides India-colonial governors and the officers commanding forces would have no doubt as to their respective jurisdictions.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/153
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 31, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	'The Danger of Divided Command'
dc.subject	British civil and military disputes
dc.subject	the Zululand campaigns of 1879 and 1888
dc.subject	Civil and military command
dc.subject	colonies of Natal and Zululand
dc.subject	India-colonial governors
dc.subject	Viceroy of India
dc.subject	Lord Curzon
dc.subject	Lord Kitchener
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	'The Danger of Divided Command': British civil and military disputes over the conduct of the Zululand campaigns of 1879 and 1888
dc.type	Article