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Sudan - The Reconquest Reappraised (Paperback)
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Sudan - The Reconquest Reappraised (Paperback)
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On 2 September 1898 Kitchener's Anglo-Egyptian army defeated the
massed armies of dervishes at the battle of Omdurman. To
commemorate the centenary of these events, eleven historians have
collaborated to produce a fresh reappraisal of the reconquest and
its international repercussions. They examine some of the policies,
personalities and issues involved from different perspectives.
British political and military policies are reviewed, with studies
of the aims and motives of Lord Salisbury, the political problems
of Kitchener's command, and the experience of campaigning in the
Sudan. There are analyses of the images sent back from the Sudan,
the difficulties of reporting the campaign, and the role of
unofficial correspondents, with a facsimile reproduction of a
dispatch from Winston Churchill.
The contributors examine the colonial difficulties that triggered
the campaign, the machinations of the Kaiser in trying to bring
about a war between Britain and France, the evolution of French
attitudes and the resolution of the Fashoda crisis, the
well-informed and incisive monitoring of events by Austria-Hungary,
and the widespread European view that Omdurman constituted a
triumph for 'civilisation'. Finally, the significance of the
reconquest is reviewed for its impact upon Sudanese history,
particularly for the deeply rooted and enduring legacy of Mahdism.
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