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9780486447858

The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

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    9780486447858

  • ISBN10:

    0486447855

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-02-24
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
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Summary

This instructive treatise on a Middle Eastern conflict was written by one of history's greatest figures. Churchill recounts the operations directed by Lord Kitchener on the Upper Nile from 1896 to 1899, offering valuable insights into a historic clash of Western and Arabic cultures. 22 maps and plans.

Table of Contents

The Rebellion of the Mahdi
1(34)
The Fate of the Envoy
35(34)
The Dervish Empire
69(20)
The Years of Preparation
89(18)
The Beginning of the War
107(22)
Firket
129(59)
The Recovery of the Dongola Province
188
The Desert Railway
162(26)
Abu Hamed
188(13)
Berber
201(16)
Reconnaissance
217(64)
The Battle of the Atbara
281
The Grand Advance
245(12)
The Operations of the First of September
257(12)
The Battle of Omdurman
269(32)
The Fall of the City
301(11)
`The Fashoda Incident'
312(15)
On the Blue Nile
327(20)
The End of the Khalifa
347(28)
APPENDICES
A. Composition of the Staff During the River War
365(6)
B. Text of the Soudan Agreement of the 19th of January, 1899, and of the Declaration of the 21st of March, 1899
371(4)
Index 375

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