The River War - Softcover

Churchill, Winston S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592246109 ISBN 13: 9781592246106

Publisher: Wildside Press, 2005

Synopsis

Churchill -- long before his political career leading the free world against Germany in World War II -- wrangled his way into Kitchener's campaign up the Nile. He recounts the rise of the Mahdi, the defeat of Gordon at Khartoum, and the use of "scientific warfare"-- a combination of telegraph, railroad, armored steamboats, and the new Maxim Gun, combined with the discipline of the British Army -- to ultimately win a British victory. A fascinating account of the earliest days of modern warfare, many lessons can be learned from The River War. "Churchill wrote this account of the campaign at Omdurman in Arabia in 1899 when he was still soldiering for the queen. It was his first major historical work and is still considered one of his most riveting." -- Library Journal

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Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) has been called by historians "the man of the twentieth century." Prime Minister of Great Britain (1940-1945), Churchill won the Nobel prize for literature in 1953.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1592246109
• ISBN 13: 9781592246106
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 298