El Alamein and the struggle for North Africa : international perspectives from the twenty-first century /
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Call Number: D766.9 .E5 2012
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| 100 | 1 | |a Edwards, Jill, |q (Jill Mary), |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 3 | |a El Alamein and the struggle for North Africa : |b international perspectives from the twenty-first century / |c edited by Jill Edwards. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cairo, New York : |b The American Univesity in Cairo Press, |c 2012. |6 | |
| 300 | |a xxi, 239 pages : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 / Rémy 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. | |
| 555 | |a Sara.lib | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |z Egypt. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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