ZULU STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL OPTIONS IN THE FACE OF THE BRITISH INVASION OF JANUARY 1879

dc.creator	John Laband
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:14Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/28-1-198
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/5c328a76682d4fbab885d38f046902c7
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8834
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/5c328a76682d4fbab885d38f046902c7
dc.description	<p>Until recent years, historians of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 made little attempt to unravel the strategic and tactical options of the Zulu preparing to face the British invasion of their <em>kingdom. </em>The inadequacy of such an approach was epitomised in the dismissive comments of Donald Morris, whose book, <em>The Washing of the Spears, </em>first published in 1966 and reprinted regularly thereafter, has remained the most popular and influential book on the war. When mentioning Zulu strategic planning, for example, he had nothing to say except that the Zulu king, Cetshwayo kaMpande, had 'no clear plan in mind’.</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/198
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 28, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	Anglo-Zulu War
dc.subject	he strategic and tactical options of the Zulu
dc.subject	British invasion
dc.subject	Zulu strategic planning
dc.subject	Zulu king, Cetshwayo kaMpande
dc.subject	Donald Morris
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ: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	ZULU STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL OPTIONS IN THE FACE OF THE BRITISH INVASION OF JANUARY 1879
dc.type	Article