Of interest to researchers of pre-colonial African history, military history, and anyone involved in modern development and conflict resolution seeking to understand the deeper historical roots of African warfare. This is an examination of the nature and objectives of conflict in the major states of Eastern Africa in the nineteenth century. It focuses on highland Ethiopia, on the interlacustrine area of Buganda and its neighbours, and on the area of central Tanzania from the south of Lake Victoria to Lake Tanganyika. RICHARD REID is Lecturer in African History at SOAS Published in association with The British Institute in Eastern Africa North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP

About the Author
Lecturer in History at the University of Durham

Reviews
A useful book that will serve as inspiration for future scholarship on violence and conflict in eastern Africa and beyond. * AFRICAN HISTORY *
An important and thoughtful overview that reminds us that African military history is worth studying in its own right, and that it illuminates much else about 'state and society'. * AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW *
Although a large number of local and regional studies touch on warfare, few have made it a central theme and even fewer have given the topic the kind of thoughtful and wide-reaching treatment offered here. - -- Richard Waller



Book Information
ISBN 9781847016041
Author Richard Reid
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint James Currey
Publisher James Currey