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John Laband's classic work is the first history of the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 to exmaine in full the cpmlexities of the Zulu response to the British invasion of their kingdom. He does more than substitute a Zulu perspective of the campaign for the British one. He gives a fascinating insight into the social, political and military traditions of the Zulus which made it so difficult for them to withstand the invaders. His compelling account is based on extensive archival research, and is written in vivd detail. He covers the prelude to thew war, gives graphic accounts of the sequence of battles from Isandlwana to Ulundi that determined its outcome, and assesses the settlement that ended the war. REVIEWS: 'The first history of the war from the Zulu viewpoint...Laband's accounts of the great battles come alive with a wealth of convincing detail...Future historians who ignore either Laband's analysis or his detail do so at their peril'. Ian Knight. 'A well written and elegant account of the Anglo-Zulu war as seen through Zulu eyes'. John Lambert illustrated

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JOHN LABAND is Professor Emeritus and Chair of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, England. His books include The Rise and Full of the Zulu Nation (1997); The Atlas of the Later Zulu Wars (2002); The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War (2005); Kingdom in Crisis: the Zulu Response to the British Invasion of 1879 (2007); the Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars (2009) and Zulu Warriors: The Battle for the South African Frontier (2014).

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