The River War

By Winston Churchill

The River War - Winston Churchill
  • Release Date: 1965-01-01
  • Genre: Military History
Score: 4
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From 53 Ratings

Description

It is a book concerning the experiences of the author as a British Army officer, during the Mahdist War in Sudan. The book provides a history of the British involvement in the Sudan and the conflict between the British forces led by Lord Kitchener and Dervish forces led by Khalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, heir to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad who had embarked on a campaign to conquer Egypt, to drive out the non-Muslim infidels.

Reviews

  • Worthwhile read.

    5
    By Anonymous Reader 161
    No stronger retrograde force exists in the world, and these days it keeps pushing onto our civilization like plague.
  • Interesting account, but one sided

    3
    By KhalidOsman
    A interesting depiction of the war in Sudan. However it is very one sided from a colonist pout of view. Unsurprisingly the reader will identify racist undertones characteristic of the day and age the writer lived in
  • Extraordinary detail

    5
    By Nana_marti
    I just got the book earlier n all the detail in the book is amazing. I am a high schooler trying to read books that describe with non-childish words or phrases. This is just the book I needed thanx