TY - BOOK ID - 77947004 TI - Violent intermediaries PY - 2014 SN - 0821444875 9780821444870 9780821420898 0821420895 PB - Athens, OH DB - UniCat KW - Mercenary troops KW - Mercenaries (Soldiers) KW - Troops, Mercenary KW - Armies KW - Non-state actors (International relations) KW - Soldiers KW - Foreign enlistment KW - Private military companies KW - German East Africa KW - Germany KW - Deutsch Ost-Afrika KW - History, Military. KW - History. KW - Colonization. KW - Colonies KW - Alemania KW - Ashkenaz KW - BRD KW - Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls KW - Bundesrepublik Deutschland KW - Deutsches Reich KW - Deutschland KW - Doitsu KW - Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku KW - Federal Republic of Germany KW - Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny KW - FRN KW - German Uls KW - Germania KW - Germanii︠a︡ KW - Germanyah KW - Gjermani KW - Grossdeutsches Reich KW - Jirmānīya KW - KhBNGU KW - Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls KW - Nimechchyna KW - Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana KW - República de Alemania KW - República Federal de Alemania KW - Republika Federal Alemmana KW - Vācijā KW - Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Weimar Republic KW - Weimarer Republik KW - ХБНГУ KW - Германия KW - جرمانيا KW - ドイツ KW - ドイツ連邦共和国 KW - ドイツ レンポウ キョウワコク KW - Germany (East) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) KW - Germany (West) KW - Holy Roman Empire KW - Deguo KW - 德国 KW - Gėrman KW - Герман Улс UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77947004 AB - The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. Lauded by Germans for their loyalty during the East Africa campaign of World War I, but reviled by Tanzanians for the violence they committed during the making of the colonial state between 1890 and 1918, the askari have been poorly understood as historical agents. Violent Intermediaries situates them in their everyday household, community, military, and constabulary ro ER -