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Beschreibung
During the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants - the largest single movement of African men overseas since the slave trade. This account, based mainly on oral evidence and soldiers' letters, tells the story of the African experience of the war. It is a 'history from below' that describes how men were recruited for a war about which most knew very little.
During the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants - the largest single movement of African men overseas since the slave trade. This account, based mainly on oral evidence and soldiers' letters, tells the story of the African experience of the war. It is a 'history from below' that describes how men were recruited for a war about which most knew very little.
Über den Autor
David Killingray
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Africa 1939
Recruiting
Army life
Indiscipline, strike & mutiny
War
Going home & demobilisation
Ex-servicemen & politics
The social impact of war service
Postscript
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781847010476
ISBN-10: 1847010474
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Killingray, David
Orchester: Plaut, Martin
Hersteller: James Currey
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: David Killingray
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.04.2012
Gewicht: 0,465 kg
Artikel-ID: 108146275