Thanks Tom and Dave for information .
Seems like there was another novel some years back which was pretty good , " Curse of Majira" .
An interesting field commander . I will find Farwell's book next.
Thanks Tom and Dave for information .
Seems like there was another novel some years back which was pretty good , " Curse of Majira" .
An interesting field commander . I will find Farwell's book next.
One I ran across that is not real easy to find is called
Guerilla by Hoyt, ISBN: 0025552104.
Also, a very nice online bio is at FirstWorldWar online:
http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/lettowvorbeck.htm
Not only was he a brilliant military commander but also a decent human being who opposed Hitler's rise to power.
Mark
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"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." - G. K. Chesterton
The Daily Telegraph (London) today published a book review of 'Tip and Run: the untold tragedy of the Great War in Africa' by Edward Paice, pub. Weidenfield and Nicholson, £25 in the U.K.
I quote 'the story's hero is the one-eyed Schutztruppe chief Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck....one of the greatest guerilla leaders in history'.
Perhaps the book will be available via amzon & others across the water?
Davidbfpo
I see that Amazon lists the book " Tip & Run " but not yet available .Went through my usual sources but only Amazon listed the book .
Looking forward to that book !!
Hew Strachan's The First World War: To Arms has an outstanding and quite lengthy chapter on WWI operations in Africa, with a lot of info about Lettow-Vorbeck's campaigns.
Just finished Guerilla a few days ago. Excellent and easy read. Details regarding some operations were a little thin, but gave a vivid picture of the tactics of both sides and the hardships and cunning of the Germans and Askaries.
I also found A Case study in Leadership from the USAWC.
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