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2. The Herero and Nama War

  • Susanne Kuss
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German Colonial Wars and the Context of Military Violence
This chapter is in the book German Colonial Wars and the Context of Military Violence
© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Three Wars
  5. 1. The Boxer War 15
  6. 2. The Herero and Nama War 37
  7. 3. The Maji Maji War 57
  8. Part II: The Colonial Theater of War
  9. 4. The Motivation of White and Native Colonial Soldiers 79
  10. 5. Training and Weaponry 110
  11. 6. Ideology and Passage to War 141
  12. 7. Environment and Enemy 156
  13. 8. Diseases and Injuries 178
  14. 9. Reaction from the Foreign Powers 207
  15. 10. Parliament and the Military Press 233
  16. Part III: Evaluation and Memory
  17. 11. The Military 263
  18. 12. Veterans’ Associations 277
  19. 13. Legacy 290
  20. Abbreviations 297
  21. Notes 299
  22. Acknowledgments 369
  23. Index 371
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674977358-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Three Wars
  5. 1. The Boxer War 15
  6. 2. The Herero and Nama War 37
  7. 3. The Maji Maji War 57
  8. Part II: The Colonial Theater of War
  9. 4. The Motivation of White and Native Colonial Soldiers 79
  10. 5. Training and Weaponry 110
  11. 6. Ideology and Passage to War 141
  12. 7. Environment and Enemy 156
  13. 8. Diseases and Injuries 178
  14. 9. Reaction from the Foreign Powers 207
  15. 10. Parliament and the Military Press 233
  16. Part III: Evaluation and Memory
  17. 11. The Military 263
  18. 12. Veterans’ Associations 277
  19. 13. Legacy 290
  20. Abbreviations 297
  21. Notes 299
  22. Acknowledgments 369
  23. Index 371
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