Basic textbook designed for student use, with possible questions, writing assignments etc. Mostly an adequate outline of the facts, but some odd omissions --the map of of late 19th century South Africa includes the sites of the battles of Isandlwana and Majuba Hill, but does not explain what they were -- since the text is covering the Second Boer War at that point, the implication would be those battles were from that war instead of the Zulu War and First Boer War-- more oddly, the map includes no battles from the Second Boer War. ( )