{"product_id":"my-reminiscences-of-east-africa-general-paul-emil-von-lettow-vorbeck-9780359738861","title":"My Reminiscences of East Africa: The German East Africa Campaign in World War One - A General's Memoir","description":"General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck of the German East-Africa campaign shares his narrative of the war, and his effective use of guerilla warfare to keep a far larger Allied army in check. Unlike his counterparts in Europe, whose war degenerated to infamous trench warfare, Lettow-Vorbeck led a highly effective campaign that impressed commanders on both sides. His campaign took place over modern-day Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania, with parts of Britain's colonial holdings eventually also subject to skirmishing. The cunning use of terrain, weather, ambush, guns from the sunken ship Kigsberg, and local auxiliaries meant Lettow-Vorbeck's small force kept an Allied army roughly ten times as large occupied. Lettow-Vorbeck and other military figures in Germany had calculated how effective a guerilla campaign could be in Africa prior to the war commencing in 1914. Frustrated by his successes, the British sent reinforcements totaling over 70,000 men in 1916 - these too failed to gain a decisive victory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e General Paul Emil Von Lettow-Vorbeck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0359738869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780359738861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"General Paul Emil Von Lettow-Vorbeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919583805695,"sku":"9780359738861","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1bffe8ac-685b-4074-9283-7e62edbe4796.jpg?v=1680810204","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-reminiscences-of-east-africa-general-paul-emil-von-lettow-vorbeck-9780359738861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}