River War 2V : Historical Account of Reconquest of Soudan (Hardcover)

from EricCostello

Engaging and absorbing account of, principally, the 1890s campaign to reconquer the Sudan from the Khalifa, successor to the Mahdi. However, Churchill also gives the reader a comprehensive survey of how the war came to pass. The events of the war are told very engagingly; some of the events Churc...

from Hae-Yu

Excellent work. This work briefly and clearly demonstration of Churchill's writing strength by being both patriotic to the point of jingoism and still being evenhanded, even complementary, in his treatment of enemy an he had personally fought against. One of the main reasons to read this book, ho...

from Schmerguls

1189. The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan, by Winston Churchill (Oct 9, 1972) Churchill wrote this book when he was 25 and it was published in 1899. It is a well-written work, though the imperialistic view is not one that people today would appreciate. It recounts the events ...

from EricCostello

Engaging and absorbing account of, principally, the 1890s campaign to reconquer the Sudan from the Khalifa, successor to the Mahdi. However, Churchill also gives the reader a comprehensive survey of how the war came to pass. The events of the war are told very engagingly; some of the events Churc...

from Hae-Yu

Excellent work. This work briefly and clearly demonstration of Churchill's writing strength by being both patriotic to the point of jingoism and still being evenhanded, even complementary, in his treatment of enemy an he had personally fought against. One of the main reasons to read this book, ho...