This is the only current book on maritime Djibouti, and the only one available in English since 1968. It describes the geography, naval history, and present strategic role of this small country, and indicates its possible future. Naval Strategy East of Suez includes previously little-known facts of French covert action in Italian East Africa, 1938-1941; and of Operation Toreador (1956), which served to aid Operation Musketeer. It also turns a spotlight on the Allied blockade of Djibouti in 1940-1942. In a sense, this book is a more readable, and less technical, treatment of what sailors call "sailing directions." Djibouti's naval base, 600 miles closer to the Strait of Hormuz than Diego Garcia, is the nearest base to Middle East oil centers likely to be available to France and its allies in the future--facts often ignored or unknown to all but the most specialized of specialists. Koburger believes that the troubles in the Middle East are only beginning. His book offers a background and strategy about an area little known to Anglophones that is of considerable potential usefulness.
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CHARLES W. KOBURGER, JR., was a Captain in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve when he retired in 1978 after twenty years of active duty. He is now an independent consultant in the operational aspects of maritime affairs, specializing in navigation systems.
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History Oriented? Yes. Tourism? NON!,
By bill@naalarm.com (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Naval Strategy East of Suez: The Role of Djibouti (Hardcover)
This book is quite expensive and was, in fact my first on line purchase. Having been to the country, for a day, I wanted to know more - much more. This book filled the bill for that. It is full of valuable history. I now understand why the country is what it is. It is a country to visit during the morning and get out of - it is culture SHOCK! - but I understand it much better now. A travelogue it is not, but if you're going there, it will give you an understanding of it's strategic importance, and why the French Foregin Legion is still there, to this day.I liked the book and would buy it again, If I knew all it contained. It contains a lot of history, from the military point of view.
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In the latter half of the nineteenth century-the age of exploration and conquest-France considered as indispensable to maintaining its capacity to operate overseas the management and use of the route to the Far East by way of Suez. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Red Sea, Suez Canal, United States, East Africa, Free French, Marine Nationale, Perim Strait, Persian Gulf, North Africa, Gulf of Tadjoura, Operation Toreador, Far East, Royal Navy, Base Djibouti, British Somaliland, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Suez, Henri Labrousse, Port Tewfik, Cape of Good Hope, United Nations, Gulf of Aqaba, Historia Magazine, Jacques Mordal, New York New!
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In the latter half of the nineteenth century-the age of exploration and conquest-France considered as indispensable to maintaining its capacity to operate overseas the management and use of the route to the Far East by way of Suez. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old cruiser, torpedo tubes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Sea, Suez Canal, United States, East Africa, Free French, Marine Nationale, Perim Strait, Persian Gulf, North Africa, Gulf of Tadjoura, Operation Toreador, Far East, Royal Navy, Base Djibouti, British Somaliland, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Suez, Henri Labrousse, Port Tewfik, Cape of Good Hope, United Nations, Gulf of Aqaba, Historia Magazine, Jacques Mordal, New York New!
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- Djibouti and the Horn of Africa by Virginia Thompson on page 3, page 68, and Back Matter
- The Naval Strategy of the World War (Classics of Sea Power) by Vice Admiral Wolfgang Wegener in Back Matter
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