Gallipoli - Couverture souple

James, Robert Rhodes

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0712665374 ISBN 13 : 9780712665377

Editeur : Pimlico, 1999

Synopsis

A classic study of one of the most disastrous campaigns in British military history which has never ceased to enthral the imagination. On 15 April 1915, British and Dominion troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The campaign which followed lasted over eight months, and cost the terrible total of nearly half a million Allied and Turkish casualties. The eventual failure of the Gallipoli campaign, after heart-breaking opportunities had been missed, was a disastrous set-back to Allied hopes. It remains one of the most engrossing and poignant tragedies in British military history. In this acclaimed study Robert Rhodes James sheds an entirely new light on the campaign and discounts many of the legends which still surround Gallipoli. Making brilliant use of the diaries and letters of the men who fought there and the photographs they took, he brings vividly to life the conditions and cicumstances of a campaign which has never ceased to enthral the imagination.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

On 15 April 1915, British and Dominion troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The campaign which followed lasted over eight months, and cost the terrible total of nearly half a million Allied and Turkish casualties. The eventual failure of the Gallipoli campaign, after heart-breaking opportunities had been missed, was a disastrous set-back to Allied hopes. It remains one of the most engrossing and poignant tragedies in British military history. In this acclaimed study Robert Rhodes James sheds an entirely new light on the campaign and discounts many of the legends which still surround Gallipoli. Making brilliant use of the diaries and letters of the men who fought there and the photographs they took, he brings vividly to life the conditions and cicumstances of a campaign which has never ceased to enthral the imagination.

Biographie de l'auteur

Robert Rhodes James was educated in India, Sedbergh School and Worcester College before embarking on a career as a writer and clerk in the House of Commons. In 1964 he received the Award of the Royal Society of Literature and was subsequently made a Fellow of the Royal Society. An uncle and cousin both served at Gallipoli, the latter being one of the few survivors of the disastrous landing from the collier River Clyde on 25th April 1915.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pimlico
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0712665374
• ISBN 13: 9780712665377
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible