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Author:

Gaudi, Robert, author.

Title:

African Kaiser : General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 / Robert Gaudi.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Caliber,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

436 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lettow-Vorbeck,--General von--(Paul Emil),--1870-1964.
Germany.--Schutztruppen.--Schutztruppen.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--German East Africa.
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, German.
Germany--Colonial forces.--Colonial forces.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-426) and index.

Contents:

Black heroes of the Fatherland -- Zeppelins of the China show -- At war in bush and desert -- A photograph -- Ancestors -- Youth -- At war with the Boxers -- Hereroland -- A red soup with black dumplings -- Peacetime ennui -- German East Africa -- A romantic interlude -- Opening moves -- The war at sea -- Tanga -- War on the Rufiji -- The siege of Jasin -- The war against the railroad -- The wreck of the Königsberg -- Battle for Kilimanjaro -- War in the rainy season -- The long retreat -- A Zeppelin over Africa -- Marching with the shroud maker -- The English motorcycle messenger -- Gylippus in retirement -- Tanzania Park.

ISBN:

0425283712
9780425283714

OCLC:

(OCoLC)946903000

LCCN:

2016039912

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)