Here Churchill tells the tale of the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan. It isn't just an account of the battles and the politics; it's the story of the destiny of the people of the region. Churchill tells how the war changed the fates of England, Egypt, and the Arabian peoples in northeast Africa.

Churchil, l with his powerful insight, tells the tale of how the war changed the fates of England, Egypt and the Arabian peoples in northeast Africa. The River War was Churchill's second published book after The Story of the Malakand Field Force and originally filled two volumes with over 1000 pages in 1899. The River War was subsequently abridged to one volume in 1902.