- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: Tempus Publishing Ltd (1 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752441264
- ISBN-13: 978-0752441269
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 842,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Original hardback edition published in 2004 was widely reviewed and received critical acclaim: 'A major contribution... essential' THE JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY; 'Excellent... a very significant contribution fills a yawning gap in the historical record' TLS; 'A compelling and authoritative account of this neglected campaign and the first based on based on archival sources. It cuts the commanders of both sides, Smuts and Lettow-Vorbeck, down to size' HEW STRACHAN; 'An authoritative account' SOLDIER: THE MAGAZINE OF THE BRITISH ARMY.
Soldier: Magazine of the British Army, April 2004
Discloses how critical medical supplies failed to reach the soldiers
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Ross Anderson does a good job of explaining and discussing the military campaign and the political dealings that went on. The down fall of the book is that it does not have a enough maps in the beginning stages of the book. This would give the reader a greater understanding of what was taking place on the British East Africa border with German East Afrika. For £25 this book is expensive. For £17.50 it is worth a read if you are interested in obscure campaigns. I am giving four stars because this book must of been incredibly difficult to write, and a very testing PhD. A book that was needed in an area that nobody has thought about for many years.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A very disappointing book on an interesting but little-described theatre of the Great War. Its turgid style betrays its origins as a PhD thesis, packed with detail but generally lacking broader overviews to give us the bigger picture. Despite the fact that many S. African veterans produced memoirs of the campaign, the book gives very little insight into the conditions experienced the men on the ground - surely matters of real relevance to the troops' morale and fighting spirit. The maps (which could have enlightened the text hugely) are generally very poorly produced, apparently with a low-resolution computer graphics package which often makes it hard to distinguish different features, and key places mentioned in the text may even fail to appear on the supposedly relevant map(s). The author's PhD supervisor (who has therefore to bear some responsibility for the quality of the content) gives the book his fulsome praise on the dust-jacket.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A subject that I knew little of before reading this book it is never the less a very interesting subject. The book makes easy reading and explains just how well the germans did with very little resources and how well they could have done with a little more. Detailed and relatively exciting to follow it is an excellent book that leaves you wanting to know more. I recommend this to anyone with an interest in little known theaters of war.
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