Revolt of the Hereros, The – Historical Book – University of California Press from University of California Press

Description

From 1904 to 1907 the Hereros and the Hottentots in German South West Africa fought a heroic but futile battle against their German 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 ever experienced. It was their Marathon, their Cannae, and their Hiroshima.

This book is an attempt to tell the story of that war from the Herero point of view.