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Book SynopsisThe British Army''s campaigns in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899 were among the most dramatic and hard-fought in British military history. In 1882, the British sent an expeditionary force to Egypt to quell the Arabic Revolt and secure British control of the Suez Canal, its lifeline to India. The enigmatic British Major General Charles G. Gordon was sent to the Sudan in 1884 to study the possibility of evacuating Egyptian garrisons threatened by Muslim fanatics, the dervishes, in the Sudan. While the dervishes defeated the British forces on a number of occasions, the British eventually learned to combat the insurrection and ultimately, largely through superior technology and firepower, vanquished the insurgents in 1898. British Operations in Egypt and the Sudan: A Selected Bibliography enumerates and generally describes and annotates hundreds of contemporary, current, and hard-to-find books, journal articles, government documents, and personal papers on all aspects of British mil
Trade ReviewThe strengths of the volume lie in the sheer range of the coverage, encompassing political, diplomatic, religious, journalistic and social aspects of these operations; the level of detail which will please most readers; and a helpful section on goverment, official, personal and unofficial documents held in the major repositories within the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Sudan and the United States. This is welcome source of reference that is easy to use, often fascinating in its wealth of detail, and comprehensive in its coverage of all the major personalities and the military operations themselves. * Military History *
Following a very good introductory overview of the events, he[Raugh] divides his bibliography into various chapters that include the various events during this time frame....A thorough bibliography....The more than 3,000 annotated entries and several hundred documents constitute a massive undertaking and the result is a most impressive collection....this is a valuable tool. * American Reference Books Annual *
This selected bibliography enumerates and generally describes and annotates hundreds of contemporary current and hard to find books, journal articles, government documents, and personal papers on all aspects of British military operations in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899. Arranged chronologically and topically, chapters cover the various campaigns, focusing on specific battles, leading military personalities, and the contributions of imperial nations as well as supporting services of the British Army. This definitive volume is an indispensable reference for researching imperialism, colonial history, and British military operations, leadership and tactics. * The Review of Austrian Economics *
