ISBN:
1280681209
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9780230303768
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9781280681202
Language:
English
Pages:
ca. 240 S.
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Ill., Kt.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Front : The Experience of the British Empire Soldier, 1916-18
DDC:
940.41241
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign.
Abstract:
Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Maps, Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1 Prologue; 2 The Rotten Wilderness: The Sinai; Politics and military movements; The men and the advance; Physical conditions; Combat; The enemy; The dual fight against the Turk and the Sinai; Conclusion; 3 Crossing the Line; Politics and military movements; Combat; Physical conditions; Conclusion; 4 The Gaza Trenches; Politics and military movements; Combat; Physical conditions; Conclusion; 5 Mountains of Mourning; Politics and military movements; Combat; The enemy
Description / Table of Contents:
Physical conditionsLocals; Changing politics; Conclusion; 6 "The Unholy Land": The Trenches of Samaria and Jordan; Politics and army movements; Politics and its impact on the EEF; Physical conditions: Samarian plains and hills; Physical conditions: Jordan Valley; Combat and the enemy; Life, death, and the enemy during the Big Push; Armistice; Conclusion; 7 Epilogue: The Long Journey Home; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URN:
10.1057/9781137264800
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