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War in pre-colonial eastern Africa : the patterns & meanings of state-level conflict in the nineteenth century
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War in pre-colonial eastern Africa : the patterns & meanings of state-level conflict in the nineteenth century

Author: Richard J Reid; British Institute in Eastern Africa.
Publisher: London ; Nairobi : The British Institute in Eastern Africa ; Oxford : In association with James Currey ; Nairobi : Eastern African Educational Publishers ; Kampala [Uganda] : Fountain ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2007.
Series: Eastern African studies (London, England)
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard J Reid; British Institute in Eastern Africa.
ISBN: 1847016057 9781847016058 1847016049 9781847016041 997002728X 9789970027286 0821417940 9780821417942 0821417959 9780821417959
OCLC Number: 156891497
Description: xvi, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents: African war in historical & theoretical perspective. --Antiquity & inheritance, restorative violence & the weight of history. --Tools & tactics. --Organisation & function. --Cost & profit, war & economic change. --Violence & society. --The resolution & avoidance of conflict. --The culture of conflict. --Conclusions, war & the making of state & society.
Series Title: Eastern African studies (London, England)
Responsibility: Richard Reid.
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