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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10185532301X
ISBN-139781855323018
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038621681
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Book TitleKhartoum 1885 : General Gordon's Last Stand
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / General, Africa / East
Publication Year1993
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorDonald Featherstone
Book SeriesCampaign Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight34.4 Oz
Item Length10.3 in
Item Width7.3 in
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Reviews"This book presents a nice overview of the campaign... There are more detailed books that cover some of these operations, but none that cover the enter campaign and condense it as nicely." -- Joe Kauffman, SITEO Newsletter (November 2007), "This book presents a nice overview of the campaign... There are more detailed books that cover some of these operations, but none that cover the enter campaign and condense it as nicely." -Joe Kauffman,SITEO Newsletter(November 2007), "This book presents a nice overview of the campaign... There are more detailed books that cover some of these operations, but none that cover the enter campaign and condense it as nicely." -Joe Kauffman, SITEO Newsletter (November 2007)
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number23
Dewey Decimal962.6/203
Table Of ContentThe Rise of the Mahdi in the Sudan/Opposing Commanders/Opposing Forces/Graham's First Campaign from Suakim/Khartoum/Final Operations around Suakim, February - May 1885/Chronology/A Guide to Further Reading/ Wargaming the Sudan Campaigns
SynopsisEarly in 1881 unrest in the Sudan began to crystallise around Mohammed Ibn Ahmed el-Sayyid Abdullah. Proclaiming himself the long-expected Madhi, the Guided One of the Prophet, he preached that the Sudan was to be purged of its Egyptian oppressors. Drawn in by the Egyptian failure to deal with the situation, the British sent General Gordon to organise an evacuation. On reaching Khartoum however, General Gordon believed, incorrectly, that the Madhi could be reasoned with. Instead of negotiating, the Madhi besieged the town for 317 days. This title looks in particular, although not exclusively, at the battles fought by the British columns sent to relieve Khartoum., Osprey's Campaign title for the Siege of Kartoum (1884-1885). Early in 1881 unrest in the Sudan began to crystallise around Mohammed Ibn Ahmed el-Sayyid Abdullah. Proclaiming himself the long-expected Madhi, the Guided One of the Prophet, he preached that the Sudan was to be purged of its Egyptian oppressors. Drawn in by the Egyptian failure to deal with the situation, the British sent General Gordon to organise an evacuation. On reaching Khartoum however, General Gordon believed, incorrectly, that the Madhi could be reasoned with. Instead of negotiating, the Madhi besieged the town for 317 days. This title looks in particular, although not exclusively, at the battles fought by the British columns sent to relieve Khartoum.
