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 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 spectacular theatre of operations, in which great personalities - thrusting German officers like Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, or big-game hunters like Peter Pretorious - could impose themselves. Embracing the perspectives of all the nations who fought there, this is the first ever full account of the Great War in Africa.

"To Arms" is Hew Strachan's study of the opening of the First World War. The First World War was not just fought in the trenches of the western front. It embraced all of Africa. Embracing the perspectives of the nations who fought there, this is an account of the Great War in Africa.

Autorentext
Hew Strachan, geboren in Edinburgh, war ehemals Dozent für Kriegswissenschaften an der Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Direktor des Scottish Centre for War Studies und Professor für Neuere Geschichte an der Universität Glasgow. Heute ist er Professor für Kriegsgeschichte und Fellow des All Souls College an der Universität Oxford. Zahlreiche Fachveröffentlichungen zur Militärgeschichte.

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt
1: Introduction
2: Togoland
3: The Cameroons
4: South-West Africa
5: East Africa 1914-1915
6: West Africa 1916-1918

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