The First World War in Africa / Hew Strachan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strachan, Hew.

Series:

Strachan, Hew. First World War.

The First World War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Africa.

World War, 1914-1918.

Colonies--Africa--History--20th century.

Colonies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 dysentry, and they were attacked by lions and crocodiles. But it was a vast and spectacu

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS; 1. Introduction; 2. Togoland; 3. The Cameroons; 4. South-West Africa; 5. East Africa 1914-1915; 6. East Africa 1916-1918; FURTHER READING; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Originally published in v. 1 of The First World War. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-210) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-106906-X

1-281-92537-3

9786611925376

0-19-153143-X

OCLC:

476259351