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Eden To Armageddon: World War I In The Middle East

Door Roger Ford

Categorie
WO I
Boeknummer
#298359
Titel
Eden To Armageddon: World War I In The Middle East
Auteur
Ford, Roger
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Jaar van uitgave
2009
ISBN10
0297844814
ISBN13
9780297844815
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Oriignal boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting

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
... (Lees verder) East that would play such a huge part in shaping world affairs for many generations to come.
Pagina's
494
Conditie
Goed — Spine discoloured.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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