{"product_id":"tip-and-run-the-untold-tragedy-of-the-first-world-war-in-africa-9781800240322","title":"Tip and Run: The Untold Tragedy of the First","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of the First World War in Africa, an almost forgotten conflict that devastated an area five times the size of Germany and killed more than two million people.  \u003cb\u003e'A very well-researched account of that extraordinary and fascinating sideshow of the First World War' Antony Beevor \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003e'Meticulously researched and written with tremendous lucidity and brio' William Boyd, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003e'The definitive history of that war... Minutely detailed yet entirely engrossing' Nigel Jones, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e  A 'small war', consisting of a few 'local affairs', was all that was expected of the East Africa campaign in August 1914. But two weeks after the Armistice was signed in Europe, British and German troops were still fighting in Africa. The expense of the campaign to the British Empire was immense, the Allied and German 'butchers bills' even greater.  But the most tragic consequence of the two sides' deadly game of 'tip and run' was the devastation of an area five times the size of Germany, and civilian suffering on a scale unimaginable in Europe. Such was the cost of 'The White Man's Palaver' – the final phase of the European conquest of Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuperb... Meticulously researched and written with tremendous lucidity and brio' -- William Boyd, Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive history of that war... Minutely detailed yet entirely engrossing' * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA masterful, damning, definitive account * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA very well researched and well written account of that extraordinary and fascinating sideshow of the First World War, the Anglo-German war in Africa -- Antony Beevor\u003cbr\u003eGripping... I wholeheartedly recommend this fascinating book' * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eExhaustively researched, well written and admirably balanced * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eEngrossing... A story of the nightmare shaped by European fantasies and lethally visited on African societies' * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eExtraordinary, admirably researched history... As a feat of synthesis and co-ordination of sources, \u003ci\u003eTip and Run\u003c\/i\u003e is amazing' * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eVery well written and researched, and, with a wealth of detail and good maps, it is certainly a good read * BBC History. *\u003cbr\u003eA superb account that is as moving as it is incisive... \u003ci\u003eTip and Run\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent achievement' * Irish Times. *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412744479063,"sku":"9781800240322","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tip-and-run-the-untold-tragedy-of-the-first-world-war-in-africa-9781800240322","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}