Palestine: The Ottoman Campaigns of 1914-1918 - Couverture rigide

Erickson, Edward J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 147382737X ISBN 13 : 9781473827370

Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The campaign fought by the Ottomans against the British in Palestine is often neglected in accounts of the Great War, yet it is fascinating from the point of view of military history and critically important because of its impact upon the modern Middle East. Edward Erickson's authoritative and absorbing account of the four-year struggle for control of Palestine between 1915 and 1918 opens up this little-understood aspect of the global conflict and it does so in a strikingly original way, by covering the fighting from the Ottoman perspective. Using Turkish official histories and military archives, he recounts the entire course of the campaign, from the initial attack by German-led Ottoman forces on Sinai and the Suez Canal, the struggle for Gaza and the outbreak of the Arab Revolt to the British offensives, the battle for Jerusalem, the Ottoman defeat at Megiddo and the rapid British advance which led to the capture of Damascus and Aleppo in 1918.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Edward J. Erickson was born in Norwich, NY and is professor of military history at the US Marine Corps University. He retired from a long distinguished US Army career which included service in senior positions in Europe and the Middle East, in particular in Turkey and Iraq. He is one of the foremost authorities on the Ottoman Army during the Great War. Among the many articles and books he has published are Ordered To Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans 1912-1913, Gallipoli: The Ottoman Campaign and Gallipoli: Command under Fire.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Military
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 147382737X
• ISBN 13: 9781473827370
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256