The fortress of Fashoda is on an obscure junction of the Nile, but from 1870 onwards, because of its strategic position and the rise of European colonialism, it became the subject of conflict between the rival Western powers of Britain, France, Belgium, Germany and Italy. This is an account of those struggles based largely on unpublished documents and told from the perspective of the Africans themselves. It also aims to show how this conflict led to the African people's first battles for their independence and fostered the ...
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The fortress of Fashoda is on an obscure junction of the Nile, but from 1870 onwards, because of its strategic position and the rise of European colonialism, it became the subject of conflict between the rival Western powers of Britain, France, Belgium, Germany and Italy. This is an account of those struggles based largely on unpublished documents and told from the perspective of the Africans themselves. It also aims to show how this conflict led to the African people's first battles for their independence and fostered the political tensions that helped to cause World War I.
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Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Ex-Library Copy in red cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Boards have become loose from gatherings in front and back hinges. Library stamps on verson of title page. Light tanning around folio edges. Clean text and b/w plates.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. xiii, 304pp, 16pp of b/w plates, 5 maps, chronology, notes, index, end-paper maps. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. 'With its dramatic reconstructions and provocative viewpoint, this book will stand as an insightful, compelling addition to the understanding of this key moment in modern history'.
