The First World War in Africa
ISBN13: 9780199257287ISBN10: 0199257280
Paperback,
234 pages
Nov 2004,
In Stock
Price:
$35.00 (06)See more from the series
Description
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. Embracing the perspectives of all the nations who fought there, this is the first ever full account of the Great War in Africa.Features
- 'Full-strength Strachan' - his outstanding study of the outbreak of the First World War, derived from the critically acclaimed The First World War Volume I
- 'Historians of Africa will bless [Strachan] for writing so comprehensive an account of a war as traumatic for their continent as it was for Europe' Michael Howard, TLS
- Hew Strachan is a leading authority on the First World War and the major historical advisor for the acclaimed series on Channel 4
