South Africa in Two World Wars: A newspaper history – Vic Alhadeff

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“This is a gripping account of South Africa’s involvement in World War I and II, 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 the 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 200 cleverly chosen newspaper cuttings, graphically depicting South Africa’s substantial contribution to the Allied war effort.”

Price: R250.00

Edition: First edition

Published: 1979

Publishers: Don Nelson

ISBN: 090923843X

Condition: hardcover in good condition with minor shelf wear around the edges and a scuff mark on the front cover. Dust jacket in fair condition with small tears around the edges. Foxing to the end-papers, otherwise internally in very good condition – Very clean and tightly bound.