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Condizione: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1918). SB. xxi + 280pp with 4 maps. Published Price £18 The career of Jan Smuts is one of the most remarkable military and political stories of the 20th century. A gifted guerilla commander against the British in the Boer War; by 1914 Smuts was happy to stand with the British as head of a large army fighting to conquer German East Africa (today's Tanzania). Sadly the campaign was not one of his finest hours. Both the text of this book, and Smuts' own somewhat defensive introduction, gives a good idea of why the resourceful German commander, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, was able to run rings round the superior allied forces trying to trap him. Lettow and his staff, and their small army of trained native Africans, the 'Askaris', knew the lie of the land and were able to live off it. The allied frustration, as they repeatedly tracked and attacked him, only to find Lettow melting away to fight another day, is palpable. Evcentually, the allies, at enormous cost, succeeded in conquering the territory and forcing Lettow into neighbouring areas, but the 1918 Armistice found him still at liberty and with his force intact. By then Smuts had long departed. It is pleasant to record that Smuts ended his career as a valued member of Churchill's War Cabinet and South African Prime Minister, and that in the hungry months for Germany that followed the Second World War he was able to supply his old opponent, Lettow, with food parcels. Illustrated with a photograph of Smuts and four maps.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. General Smutso Campaign in East Africa. Book.

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Soft cover. Condizione: New. Reprint of: London : J. Murray, 1918. Description: xxiii, 280 pages : portrait, maps ; 22 cm.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. First Printing as confirmed by McBride. The book would be fine save for shelf wear along bottom of boards and text block, slight translucent spotting of front lower text block. Else book is free of internal marking, spine is tight, boards rigid and tips are pointed. While the jacket has its price on the back flap, it has general wear all over, loss and small chipping at most edges, especially along spine and at top and bottom of spine. Actually looks quite smart in its shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing.…

Condizione: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1918). HB. xxi + 280pp with 4 maps. The career of Jan Smuts is one of the most remarkable military and political stories of the 20th century. A gifted guerilla commander against the British in the Boer War; by 1914 Smuts was happy to stand with the British as head of a large army fighting to conquer German East Africa (today's Tanzania). Sadly the campaign was not one of his finest hours. Both the text of this book, and Smuts' own somewhat defensive introduction, gives a good idea of why the resourceful German commander, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, was able to run rings round the superior allied forces trying to trap him. Lettow and his staff, and their small army of trained native Africans, the 'Askaris', knew the lie of the land and were able to live off it. The allied frustration, as they repeatedly tracked and attacked him, only to find Lettow melting away to fight another day, is palpable. Evcentually, the allies, at enormous cost, succeeded in conquering the territory and forcing Lettow into neighbouring areas, but the 1918 Armistice found him still at liberty and with his force intact. By then Smuts had long departed. It is pleasant to record that Smuts ended his career as a valued member of Churchill's War Cabinet and South African Prime Minister, and that in the hungry months for Germany that followed the Second World War he was able to supply his old opponent, Lettow, with food parcels. Illustrated with a photograph of Smuts and four maps.…

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Condizione: Fair. 1918. No Edition Remarks. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece and folded maps. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.…

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PF. Condizione: New.

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Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condizione: Very Good. Condition Notes: Upper wrapper slighty curled with the laminate lifting slightly at the leading edge. The contents complete, clean and tight; Paperback; Measures C Format (8½" x 5¼") (0.8 kg); pp (xvii) 280; Preface by J. C. Smuts; No publishing date stated, estimated from references. Includes: Maps; Appendices (2); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191243 ||.…

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