Battle for the Bundu. The First World War in East Africa

Led by Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck, his handful of Askaris engaged the nearly 250 000 Allied troops for four years. They outsmarted Jan Smuts and even Meinertzhagen who was the organizer of the effecient British intelligent service was no match for the quick-moving enemy. Map as end papers. A couple of b&w photographs. Some mild thumbing. 353 Pages. First Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair to good. Edge-wear to extremities with a 5.5cm tear to front lower edge which has been reinforced with clear tape to the verso. Some chipping to the head of spine and folds. Price clipped.