Name: Sketches Of The East Africa Campaign (en Inglés)
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Author: Dolbey, Robert Valentine
ISBN: 9789371812917

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Sketches Of The East Africa Campaign (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Double 9 Books

Autor

Dolbey, Robert Valentine

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

110

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.6 x 14.0 x 0.7 cm

ISBN13

9789371812917

Sketches Of The East Africa Campaign (en Inglés)

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Sketches of the East Africa campaign begins as an account of military service, offering a detailed and often informal perspective on the British involvement in the East African theatre during war. Presented as a series of reflective letters, the narrative emphasizes the physical and psychological burdens faced by soldiers navigating unfamiliar terrain, coping with disease, and adjusting to unpredictable conflict. Rather than glorifying combat, the account focuses on the daily endurance of those engaged in a war where tropical climate, dysentery, and exhaustion proved as relentless as the enemy. The opening outlines the author s original intent to communicate personal impressions to family, a foundation that imparts authenticity to the text. These early observations introduce a landscape where survival was an ongoing battle, marked not just by gunfire but by mosquitoes, monsoons, and malnutrition. Beyond hardship, the writing captures a spectrum of emotions boredom, confusion, camaraderie within a campaign often overshadowed by events in Europe. The experiences of diverse regiments, colonial dynamics, and logistical struggles unfold alongside descriptions of the African wilderness, gradually shaping a portrait of war defined not by triumph but by persistence and humanity.