Louis Botha's War: The Campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-1915

by Adam Cruise

Overview

The fascinating and relatively unknown story of Louis Botha’s campaign in German South-West Africa at the beginning of the First World War. It was the first war fought by a united South Africa; the first successful campaign of the Great War; and one of the last times in history that a head of state took to the battlefield.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770227538
Publisher:	Penguin Random House South Africa
Publication date:	01/28/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Adam Cruise was born in Johannesburg and studied at the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University. He is a travel writer who has published articles in a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as a book, In the Pursuit of Solitude, about a six-month journey through the remote recesses of southern Africa. He is also a conservation correspondent, whose commentary on signifi cant wildlife matters such as the current elephant and rhino crises has been widely publicised. He currently lives in Nice, France.