The Revolt of the Hereros - Bridgman (1981)

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Jon Bridgman, "The Revolt of the Hereros"
University of California Press (Perspectives on Southern Africa 30) | 1981 | ISBN 0520041135 | 182 pgs. | PDF | 245MB

From 1904 to 1907 the Hereros and the Hottentots in German South West Africa fought a heroic but futile battle against the Germans who would be their masters. From the standpoint of the Germans the war was not important. It was an incident, and no more, in an imperial venture now ended. But for the Hereros the war was the greatest historical event they had every experienced. It almost obliterated them.

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