Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/W72BZm Khedive Ismail's Army By: John P. Dunn Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415645959, 0415645956 eText ISBN: 9781135765460, 1135765464 Edition: 1st Pages: 264 Copyright year: 2004 Format: EPUB Available from $ 23.18 USD SKU 9781135765460R90 Khedive Ismail's Army examines military failure in the age of imperialism. On paper, the mid-nineteenth century Egyptian army seems a formidable regional power. It had a tradition of success, modern weapons, and mercenary officers with experience in major wars. Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, hoped to combine the imported technology and brains with native manpower, and establish an Egyptian dominated Horn of Africa. His soldiers did conquer parts of the Sudan, but they suffered disastrous defeats during the Egyptian Abyssinian War of 1875 to 1876. Presenting the first detailed examination of the Egyptian Abyssinian War in English, this new book also looks at the root problems that made Ismail's soldiers ineffective. These include issues of class, racism, internal, and external politics, finance, and the rapidly changing world of mid-Nineteenth Century military technology. This book is aimed at military historians, and will be of interest to those studying the Middle East or North East Africa. Additional ISBNs 9781135765477, 9781135765460, 9781280177415, 9781135765422, 1135765472, 1135765464, 1280177411, 1135765421, 9780714657042, 9780415645959, 9780415761529, 0714657042, 0415645956, 0415761522
