Kirjailijakuva

ʻIṣmat Ḥasan Zilfū

Teoksen Karari : the Sudanese account of the battle of Omdurman tekijä

1 Work 9 jäsentä 1 Review

Tietoja tekijästä

Includes the name: ʿIṣmat Ḥasan Zilfū

Tekijän teokset

Merkitty avainsanalla

Yleistieto

There is no Common Knowledge data for this author yet. You can help.

Jäseniä

Kirja-arvosteluja

History is written by the victors, they say, and Hilaire Belloc reminded us that, "Whatever happens we have got the Maxim gun, and they have not", so it is rare to find a history of a colonial war written by a descendant of the losing side.

This is a superb history of the Battle of Karari, as the Sudanese call the battle fought in the shadow of the hills of the same name which is more universally known as the Battle of Omdurman. Touted at the time and since as a great British victory, it might be more accurately described as a massacre, as state of the art modern weaponry was deployed against horsemen with spears. This book tells the story from a different viewpoint.… (lisätietoja)
 
Merkitty asiattomaksi
John5918 | Dec 29, 2009 |

Tilastot

Teokset
1
Jäseniä
9
Suosituimmuussija
#968,587
Arvio (tähdet)
5.0
Kirja-arvosteluja
1
ISBN:t
2