Gallipoli: The Classic Account Of The Dardanelles Campaign With A New Introduction By The Author
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Book: Fair
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Pages: Good
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In one of the most catastrophic and haunting military operations of the First World War, Allied forces were hurled against the rocky shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula in a campaign that promised to reshape the course of history — and instead became a byword for valour squandered by incompetence. Robert Rhodes James's Gallipoli stands as the definitive chronicle of the ill-fated Dardanelles Campaign of 1915, meticulously reconstructing the strategic ambitions, political miscalculations, and the extraordinary courage of the soldiers — British, ANZAC, French, and Ottoman alike — who fought and died on those unforgiving cliffs and beaches. Written with the precision of a scholar and the narrative drive of a master storyteller, this work presents a forensic yet deeply human account of one of the war's most contested theatres. Rhodes James draws on a vast array of primary sources, official dispatches, and personal testimonies to argue that the failure at Gallipoli was not inevitable, but the tragic product of institutional failure and divided command. A landmark of twentieth-century military history, Gallipoli endures as essential reading — leaving the reader to ponder the razor-thin line between a campaign that might have ended the war early and the disaster that instead prolonged it.
Author: Robert Rhodes James
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In one of the most catastrophic and haunting military operations of the First World War, Allied forces were hurled against the rocky shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula in a campaign that promised to reshape the course of history — and instead became a byword for valour squandered by incompetence. Robert Rhodes James's Gallipoli stands as the definitive chronicle of the ill-fated Dardanelles Campaign of 1915, meticulously reconstructing the strategic ambitions, political miscalculations, and the extraordinary courage of the soldiers — British, ANZAC, French, and Ottoman alike — who fought and died on those unforgiving cliffs and beaches. Written with the precision of a scholar and the narrative drive of a master storyteller, this work presents a forensic yet deeply human account of one of the war's most contested theatres. Rhodes James draws on a vast array of primary sources, official dispatches, and personal testimonies to argue that the failure at Gallipoli was not inevitable, but the tragic product of institutional failure and divided command. A landmark of twentieth-century military history, Gallipoli endures as essential reading — leaving the reader to ponder the razor-thin line between a campaign that might have ended the war early and the disaster that instead prolonged it.