Eden To Armageddon: World War I The Middle East

Ford, Roger

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0297844814 ISBN 13: 9780297844815

Casa editrice: W&N, 2009

The Great War in the Middle East began with the invasion of the Garden of Eden, and ended with a momentous victory on the site of the biblical Armageddon. Almost incredibly, the whole story of this epic war has never been told in a single volume until now. In this important new history Roger Ford describes a conflict in its entirety: the war in Mesopotamia, which would end with the creation of the countries of Iran and Iraq; the desperate struggle in the Caucasus, where the Turks had long-standing territorial ambitions; the doomed attacks on the Gallipoli Peninsula that would lead to ignominous defeat; and the final act in Palestine, where the Ottoman Empire finally crumbled. He ends with a detailed description of the messy aftermath of the war, and the new conflicts in a reshaped Middle East that would play such a huge part in shaping world affairs for many generations to come.

Recensione:

this is an engaging, well-written and comprehensive history of the Great War in the Middle East that would make a fine addition to any bookshelf (SOLDIER)

Descrizione del libro:

Turkey, the First World War and the making of the Middle East