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1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword / William Roger Louis -- Introduction / Jill Edwards -- 1. The war in North Africa, 1940-43: an overview of the role of the Union of South Africa / James Jacobs -- 2. Training the troops: the Indian army in Egypt, Eritrea, and Libya, 1940-1942 / Alan Jeffreys -- 3. "The part we played in this show": Australians and El Alamein / Peter Stanley -- 4. "No model campaign": the Second New Zealand Division and the battle of El Alamein, October-December 1942 / Glyn Harper -- 5. The Free French in the battle for North Africa, 1942: military action and its political presentation / Remy Porte -- 6. Between history and geography: the El Alamein Project: research, findings, and results / Aldino Bondesan -- 7. Silent service: the Royal Navy and the desert victory / Nick Hewitt -- 8. Feeding the fortress: Malta, summer 1942 / Thomas Scheben -- 9. "The highest rule": Rommel as military genius / Antulio J. Echevarria II -- 10. High command in the desert / Niall Barr -- 11. Alexandrians tell their story: oral narratives of the war in North Africa, 1940-43 / Mohamed Awad and Sahar Hamouda -- 12. The battle of El Alamein: impressions of a young schoolboy in Alexandria / Harry Tzalas -- "Here dead lie we" / A.E. Housman. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Egypt.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Edwards, Jill (Jill Mary), editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: El Alamein and the struggle for North Africa : international perspectives from the twenty-first century. Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, [2012] xxi, 239 pages ; 23 cm 9789774165818 (OCoLC)ocn815379223 (DLC)10857707 |
| ISBN |
9774165810 |
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9789774165818 |
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9781617974854 (electronic bk.) |
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