I get what you are saying but just to clarify to some who may read that literally, the Zulu kingdom is nowhere near extinct. It's monarch and governing structur

I get what you are saying but just to clarify to some who may read that literally, the Zulu kingdom is nowhere near extinct. It's monarch and governing structures are still around too. off-topic I agree fully that a "modern" military will always win against one that depends on "old" doctrines exclusively. I have interesting tales of both English and Zulu officers on how the war proceeded, how the Zulu court knew their fate and had come to choose death, and the English officers who did not want war to begin with.