Taking Tanganyika

The Great War in East Africa is a sideshow campaign that has acquired legendary status. The German military Governor in todays Tanzania General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was a guerilla leader of genius and with a staff of white officers and a small army of Africans the loyal Askaris he ran rings around vastly superior allied forces - not least around another famous guerilla leader South Afriucas Jan Smuts. This interesting book casts new light upon the campaign since its author unlike many of his brother officers was an old east Africa hand and knew the terrain where the war was fought well. His breezy and charming account does not seek to gloss over the many difficulties and frustrations of the campaign nor to glamourise his own role in it - which included one hair-raising expedition behind the enemys lines. In his foreword to the book Francis Brett Young author of a classic account of the campaign. says of this The soldier who wants to realize what bush-fighting is like could not find a better text-book. With 22 illustrations and a map.