The First World War in Africa
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (651 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199257280 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It embraced all of Africa. To Arms is Hew Strachan's most complete and definitive study of the opening of the First World War. Embracing the perspectives of all the nations who fought there, this is the first ever full account of the Great War in Africa.. Now, key sections from this magisterial work are published as individual paperbacks, each complete in itself, and with a new introduction by the author. The First World War was not just fought in the trenches of the western front
Solid Mike S. Overall a solid book about WWI's Africa campaigns. Strachan does a good job breaking the campaigns up by region, while still helping to maintain any connections between the separate colonial battles. He also provides a solid background of social factors in . Robert Berkel said A very choppy overview. The purported "book" is a bunch of excerpts from Strachan's History of WWI. All of this information was previously published and was formerly integrated into the entirety of the Great War. It does not make for easy reading, and it is in no sense comprehensi. Well done but truly Anglo Centric Grey Wolffe This is a portion of Hew Strachan’s larger series on the First World War. This part is strictly dealing with the battles for control of Germany’s African colonies. Togo, Cameroons, South-West Africa and German East Africa (Tanzania) were all con
About the Author Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford.
. Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford