South Africa In Two World Wars: A Newspaper History By Vic Alhadeff
South Africa In Two World Wars: A Newspaper History By Vic Alhadeff
Hardcover
ISBN 090923843X
Publisher: Don Nelson 1979
Used - Very Good: The DJ is in a poor condition and has some wear and tear and paper loss (see picture) but is now covered with a fresh Cellophane sleeve. The book is clean and the pages clear and without markings. The book pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.
"This is a gripping account of South Africa's involvement in World War 1 and 11, recaptured by those who took part and reflected through the eyes of the newspapers of the time. Vic Alhadeff punctuates the narrative with poignant first-hand anecdotes and takes readers behind the front line into the heat of battle, to where a staggering sixty million men, women and children died. The assassination of the Archduke of Austria, the 1914 Rebellion, the East African Campaign, Chamberlain's ultimatum to Germany, the crises which split South Africa, Dan Pienaar in Abyssinia, Sidi Rezegh, Gazala, Tobruk, El Alamein - names which have become legend in South African history - are all brought back to life, plunging the reader into the trenches and prisoner-of-war camps and, with the use of nearly 200 cleverly chosen newspaper cuttings, graphically depicting South Africa's substantial contribution to the Allied war effort."
