The First World War in Africa /
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...
| Основен автор: | Strachan, Hew. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Серия: |
Strachan, Hew. First World War.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=264926 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
First World War in Africa. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Originally published in v. 1 of The First World War. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 224 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-210) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191531439 019153143X 9780199257287 0199257280 |