Published by Bok Books International. Author Donald Featherstone. Hardcover, 160 pages. Pre-owned in EXCELLENT condition.
The 'small war' was a particularly Victorian concern. Its course was followed with avid interest by the general public. Every setback and victory, every act of courage and cowardice was recorded and illustrated in the pages of the popular press.
Nowhere was this more true than of Africa that 'dark' continent, where British troops, administrators and adventurers fought ruthlessly to establish or hold colonies against the depredations of those who had lived there first, or against the competing Imperial powers of Belgium, France, Germany and Spain.
