The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

by Winston Churchill

Overview

This instructive treatise on a Middle Eastern conflict was written by one of history's greatest figures. Churchill recounts the operations directed by Lord Kitchener on the Upper Nile from 1896 to 1899, offering valuable insights into a historic clash of Western and Arabic cultures. 22 maps and plans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486447858
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	02/24/2006
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	396,415
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was prime minister of Great Britain during World War I. Throughout his long and distinguished political career, his writing was prolific. Churchill received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.

Table of Contents

The Rebellion of the Mahdi
The Fate of the Envoy
The Dervish Empire
The Years of Preparation
The Beginning of the War
Firket
The Recovery of the Dongola Province
The Desert Railway
Abu Hamed
Berber
Reconnaissance
The Battle of the Atbara
The Grand Advance
The Operations of the First of September
The Battle of Omdurman
The Fall of the City
ÒThe Fashoda IncidentÓ
On the Blue Nile
The End of the Khalifa
Appendices A and B
Index