The First World War in Africa by Hew Strachan

The First World War in Africa by Hew Strachan

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"To Arms" is Hew Strachan's study of the opening of the First World War. The First World War was not just fought in the trenches of the western front. It embraced all of Africa. Embracing the perspectives of the nations who fought there, this is an account of the Great War in Africa.

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The First World War in Africa by Hew Strachan

To Arms is Hew Strachan's most complete and definitive study of the opening of the First World War. 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. It embraced all of Africa. Many of those who fought this white man's war were black. The dangers they confronted went beyond those of the battlefield. They fell prey to malaria and dysentery, and they were attacked by lions and crocodiles. But it was a vast and spectacular theatre of operations, in which great personalities - thrusting German officers like Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, or big-game hunters like Peter Pretorious - could impose themselves. Embracing the perspectives of all the nations who fought there, this is the first ever full account of the Great War in Africa.
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ISBN 13 9780199257287
ISBN 10 0199257280
Title The First World War in Africa
Author Hew Strachan
Series The First World War
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2004-10-14
Number of pages 236
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