Andrew Stewart is reader in the defence studies department of King’s College London, and codirector of the King’s Second World War Research Group. He lives in Oxford, UK.
“A riveting new account of the long-overlooked achievement of
British-led forces who, against all odds, scored the major Allied
victory of the Second World War… draws on an array of previously
unseen documents to provide both a detailed campaign history and a
fresh appreciation of the first significant Allied success of the
war.”—Andrew Stewart, Army Rumour Service
“Stewart’s engagingly written narrative goes far towards correcting
the obscurity that has lingered over this important theatre of the
Second World War. Communicated in lively prose and rich in
anecdotes, the book will surely reach a wide audience both within
the academy and beyond. . . [it] will be welcome as a comprehensive
introduction to the East Africa campaign, and will certainly be
useful to historians of the British, Italian, Indian and African
militaries.”—Dr Oliver Coates, Journal of Military History
'Exciting and multilayered, this is a comprehensive account of an
overlooked campaign in which an outnumbered imperial army destroyed
Mussolini’s dream of a new Roman Empire. Fighting over vast
distances and inhospitable terrain, forces from the Congo, Ethiopia
and across the British Empire recorded the Allies' first major
triumph. With its mastery of archival sources, The First Victory
displays Andrew Stewart’s skill as an historian of Second World War
campaigns and their political and strategic context. An
exhilarating read.'—Ashley Jackson, author of Churchill
‘This is a highly readable account of a little-known military
campaign and an important addition to our understanding of the
Second World War. The author is to be congratulated on penning an
authoritative and well-written book.'—Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC, author
of Victoria Cross Heroes
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