Chain of Fire
Peter Hart
Sachbuch / Sonstiges
Beschreibung
In the 1880s, control over northeastern Africa was a political minefield into which Prime Minister Gladstone did not want to step - until his emissary Charles Gordon was besieged in Khartoum, and the city became the focal point for war.
It was the height of European colonialism. Injustices were administered, bloody battles fought and civilians caught in the crossfire. Among the British officers were figures who would later adopt starring roles in the First World War, such as Egyptian Army sapper Captain Herbert Kitchener.
By turns shocking and dynamic, Chain of Fire examines the terrible desert wars using the testimonies of the men who fought there.
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Powerful, vivid and haunting ... an emotional ride
A historian and author at the peak of his powers
Kundenbewertungen
The Anarchy William Dalrymple, Military history, Sudan, Khartoum Michael Asher, Zulu Rising Ian Knight, The Art of War in Twenty Battles Anthony Tucker-Jones, Stalingrad Antony Beevor, Warriors in Scarlet Ian Knight