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Copyright © 2017 by Robert Gaudi
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gaudi, Robert, author.
Title: African Kaiser: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in
Africa, 1914–1918 / Robert Gaudi.
Description: First edition. | New York: Caliber, published by Berkley, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016039912 (print) | LCCN 2016040742 (ebook) | ISBN
9780425283714 | ISBN 9780698411524 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Lettow-Vorbeck, General von (Paul Emil), 1870–1964. | World
War, 1914–1918—Campaigns—German East Africa. | World War,
1914–1918—Aerial operations, German. | Germany. Heer. Schutztruppen. |
Germany—Armed Forces—Colonial forces.
Classification: LCC D576.G3 G38 2017 (print) | LCC D576.G3 (ebook) | DDC
940.416—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016039912
First Edition: January 2017
Jacket photographs: Front: Zeppelin by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin; Soldiers by bpl, Berlin/Art Resource, NY.
Jacket design by Emily Osborne
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