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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100425283712
ISBN-139780425283714
eBay Product ID (ePID)221822611
Product Key Features
Book TitleAfrican Kaiser : General Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicEurope / Germany, Military / General, Military / World War I, Military
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRobert Gaudi
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight23.2 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-039912
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Let me say straight out that if all military histories were as thrilling and well written as Robert Gaudi's African Kaiser , I might give up reading fiction and literary biography...Gaudi writes with the flair of a latter-day Macaulay. He sets his scenes carefully and describes naval and military action like a novelist. His sentences are models of clarity and vivacity, sometimes further enlivened with wry authorial comments."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Robert Gaudi combines a researcher's meticulous precision with a novelist's consummate storytelling skill to piece together a thousand shards of forgotten history into this astonishing and irresistible confection."--Madison Smartt Bell, "Robert Gaudi combines a researcher's meticulous precision with a novelist's consummate storytelling skill to piece together a thousand shards of forgotten history into this astonishing and irresistible confection."--Madison Smartt Bell
Dewey Decimal940.416
SynopsisThe incredible true account of World War I in Africa and General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the last undefeated German commander. "Let me say straight out that if all military histories were as thrilling and well written as Robert Gaudi's African Kaiser , I might give up reading fiction and literary bio-graphy... Gaudi writes with the flair of a latter-day Macaulay. He sets his scenes carefully and describes naval and military action like a novelist."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post As World War I ravaged the European continent, a completely different theater of war was being contested in Africa. And from this very different kind of war, there emerged a very different kind of military leader.... At the beginning of the twentieth century, the continent of Africa was a hotbed of international trade, colonialism, and political gamesmanship. So when World War I broke out, the European powers were forced to contend with one another not just in the bloody trenches, but in the treacherous jungle. And it was in that unforgiving land that General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck would make history. With the now-legendary Schutztruppe (Defensive Force), von Lettow-Vorbeck and a small cadre of hardened German officers fought alongside their fanatically devoted native African allies as equals, creating the first truly integrated army of the modern age. African Kaiser is the fascinating story of a forgotten guerrilla campaign in a remote corner of Equatorial Africa in World War I; of a small army of ultraloyal African troops led by a smaller cadre of rugged German officers--of white men and black who fought side by side. But mostly it is the story of von Lettow-Vorbeck--the only undefeated German commmander in the field during World War I and the last to surrender his arms., The incredible true account of World War I in Africa and General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the last undefeated German commander. "Let me say straight out that if all military histories were as thrilling and well written as Robert Gaudi's African Kaiser , I might give up reading fiction and literary biography... Gaudi writes with the flair of a latter-day Macaulay. He sets his scenes carefully and describes naval and military action like a novelist."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post As World War I ravaged the European continent, a completely different theater of war was being contested in Africa. And from this very different kind of war, there emerged a very different kind of military leader.... At the beginning of the twentieth century, the continent of Africa was a hotbed of international trade, colonialism, and political gamesmanship. So when World War I broke out, the European powers were forced to contend with one another not just in the bloody trenches, but in the treacherous jungle. And it was in that unforgiving land that General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck would make history. With the now-legendary Schutztruppe (Defensive Force), von Lettow-Vorbeck and a small cadre of hardened German officers fought alongside their fanatically devoted native African allies as equals, creating the first truly integrated army of the modern age. African Kaiser is the fascinating story of a forgotten guerrilla campaign in a remote corner of Equatorial Africa in World War I; of a small army of ultraloyal African troops led by a smaller cadre of rugged German officers--of white men and black who fought side by side. But mostly it is the story of von Lettow-Vorbeck--the only undefeated German commmander in the field during World War I and the last to surrender his arms.
LC Classification NumberD576.G3G38 2017
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- 23. Jan. 2019
Detailed history of German colonialism in Africa, and word war 1 in German east Africa,
Great book on little known topic, from a forgotten era.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 19. Dez. 2018
Great read
Engaging well written book Bravo Great storyBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 31. Mär. 2020
Welcome addition to the history of th Great War in East Africa.
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- 07. Feb. 2019
He was a leader not a "Kaiser".
A very interesting side-show conflict during WWI.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 14. Aug. 2023
great read
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