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Irons, Roy - Churchill and the Mad Mullah of Somaliland: betrayal and redemption, 1899-1921 / Roy Irons

Title: Churchill and the Mad Mullah of Somaliland: betrayal and redemption, 1899-1921 / Roy Irons
Description: Barnsley. South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military 2013. 1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xii. 238 pages. 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations. Summary: A detailed history of the military campaigns to gain control of the strategically important British Protectorate located on the Gulf of Aden which culminated in the 1920 air strikes of the RAF 'Z' Force using DH9s. an early demonstration of the Trenchard airpower policy of 'air control' of overseas territories. Subjects: Churchill. Winston 1874-1965. Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan 1864-1920. Churchill. Winston S. (Winston Spencer) Sir 1874-1965. Service Aviation. British Somaliland History.

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Price: EUR 30.00 = appr. US$ 32.61 Seller: MW Books
- Book number: 354806