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The first victory : the Second World War and the East African campaign / Andrew Stewart.
LIBRA D766.84 .S74 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, Andrew, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, East.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Military campaigns.
- Africa, East.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 308 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Introduction: a forgotten campaign
- Strategic miscalculation
- Hoping for the best
- War comes to East Africa
- Imperial defeat: the surrender of British Somaliland
- Preparing for the counter-offensive
- The advance from Kenya
- Second front: striking from the Sudan
- Triumph in the mountains: the Battle of Keren
- A third front: the patriots
- Winning the war, worrying about the peace
- Conclusion: the British empire's first victory.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300208559
- 0300208553
- OCLC:
- 945946546
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