The War in North Africa, 1940-1943: A Selected Bibliography

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Few of the major campaigns of World War II aroused as much controversey as the War in North Africa, 1940-1943. Figures such as Rommel, Montgomery, and Eisenhower would become world famous because of the fighting in North Africa. This book opens with seven historiographical essays that evaluate and critically assess the major contributions to the literature on the War in North Africa. It then includes an alphabetically arranged bibliography of the 504 entries cited in the essays. The material is easily accessible, with cross-references between the text and the bibliography and a full index.

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"Tis historiographical/bibliographical surevy of the complex and controversial war in North Africa, 1940-43, fills a gap in the published literature on the topic... [Baxter] has written a clea, fair-minded appraisal of teh literature... Baxter succeeds in reaching his intended audiences of specialists and general readers... it is highly recommended for libraries with collections in WW iI or military history, and for large academic and public libraries."-Choice
Tis historiographical/bibliographical surevy of the complex and controversial war in North Africa, 1940-43, fills a gap in the published literature on the topic... [Baxter] has written a clea, fair-minded appraisal of teh literature... Baxter succeeds in reaching his intended audiences of specialists and general readers... it is highly recommended for libraries with collections in WW iI or military history, and for large academic and public libraries.-Choice

Author Bio

COLIN F. BAXTER is Professor of History at East Tennessee State University. He also compiled The Normandy Campaign, 1944: A Selected Bibliography (Greenwood, 1992) and is the coeditor of The American Military Tradition From Colonial Times to the Present (1993).