The siege of Magdala
Subtitle: the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia
By: Volker Matthies ; translated from German by Steven Rendall
Contributors: Rendall, Steven
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781558765511; 9781558765528
Subjects: Magdala, Battle of, Āmba Maryam, Ethiopia, 1868; Great Britain; Great Britain. Army; Foreign relations; History
Work titles: Unternehmen Magdala
Notes: "Copyright [MARC+93] 2010 by Ch. Links Verlag GmbH, Berlin, for the German edition, entitled Unternehmen Magdala: Strafexpedition in Äthiopien, by Volker Matthies."--P. iv.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a curious campaign; title: Mysterious Ethiopia; title: Tewodros II defies Queen Victoria; title: The European hostages; title: The British Empire prepares for war; title: A harbor city built overnight; title: Embedded journalists; title: The long march to Magdala; title: The Aroge massacre; title: The assault on the fortress; title: The looting of Ethiopian cultural treasures; title: Orderly withdrawal; title: The victors' triumphal return to England; title: Balance sheet: military intervention without colonial occupation.