MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 110809s2012 iluab b 001 0 eng c
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020 $a9781558765511 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781558765528 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aMatthies, Volker.
240 10 $aUnternehmen Magdala.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe siege of Magdala :$bthe British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia /$cVolker Matthies ; translated from German by Steven Rendall.
260 $aPrinceton, NJ :$bMarkus Wiener Publishers,$c2012.
300 $axxiv, 209 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
500 $a"Copyright © 2010 by Ch. Links Verlag GmbH, Berlin, for the German edition, entitled Unternehmen Magdala: Strafexpedition in Äthiopien, by Volker Matthies."--P. iv.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.195-201) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: a curious campaign -- Mysterious Ethiopia -- Tewodros II defies Queen Victoria -- The European hostages -- The British Empire prepares for war -- A harbor city built overnight -- Embedded journalists -- The long march to Magdala -- The Aroge massacre -- The assault on the fortress -- The looting of Ethiopian cultural treasures -- Orderly withdrawal -- The victors' triumphal return to England -- Balance sheet: military intervention without colonial occupation.
546 $aTranslation of: Unternehmen Magdala.
650 0 $aMagdala, Battle of, Āmba Maryam, Ethiopia, 1868.
651 0 $aEthiopia$xHistory$y1490-1889.
651 0 $aĀmba Maryam (Ethiopia)$xHistory$y19th century.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy$xHistory.
651 0 $aEthiopia$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zEthiopia.
700 1 $aRendall, Steven.