John Laband is professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University and an Associate of the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic, and Disarmament Studies.
Laband succeeds in producing a masterful compilation of the
biographies, battles, and technologies that defined this era of
conflict in southern Africa.
*The Journal Of Military History, December 2009*
Particularly valuable is the bibliography, as it directs readers to
rare eyewitness accounts in English, Afrikaans, and, when
available, Zulu. An essential subject guide.
*Library Journal, August 2009*
This is an impressive work of scholarship that covers every
conceivable aspect of the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century
Zula wars in South Africa....This work...is sure to become a
standard text for anyone seeking detailed information about the
Zulu wars. As such it is an essential research tool for anyone
interested in South African history.
*International Journal of African Historical Studies*
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