Damn The Dardanelles!: The Story Of Gallipoli
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In one of the most catastrophic and controversial campaigns of the First World War, Allied forces were hurled against the rocky shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula in a bold but ultimately doomed attempt to knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war. Damn the Dardanelles! chronicles the full, harrowing arc of the Gallipoli campaign — from the grand strategic ambitions that conceived it to the staggering human cost that condemned it — drawing on diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts to resurrect the voices of the men who fought and died there. John Laffin, one of Australia's most prolific and authoritative military historians, presents the tragedy of Gallipoli with unflinching clarity, balancing the blunders of high command against the extraordinary courage displayed in the trenches at Anzac Cove, Suvla, and Cape Helles. Laffin's narrative style is both accessible and rigorously researched, weaving together the personal and the political to illuminate why Gallipoli has become such an enduring symbol of sacrifice — particularly for Australia and New Zealand. The campaign's failure, he argues, was not inevitable but the product of indecision, poor intelligence, and a fatal underestimation of the Turkish defenders. A searing indictment of military hubris and a stirring tribute to the ordinary soldier, this account leaves the reader asking a question that still resonates: what might have been, had the Dardanelles not become their grave?
Author: John Laffin
Format: Hardback
Genre: Military history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In one of the most catastrophic and controversial campaigns of the First World War, Allied forces were hurled against the rocky shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula in a bold but ultimately doomed attempt to knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war. Damn the Dardanelles! chronicles the full, harrowing arc of the Gallipoli campaign — from the grand strategic ambitions that conceived it to the staggering human cost that condemned it — drawing on diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts to resurrect the voices of the men who fought and died there. John Laffin, one of Australia's most prolific and authoritative military historians, presents the tragedy of Gallipoli with unflinching clarity, balancing the blunders of high command against the extraordinary courage displayed in the trenches at Anzac Cove, Suvla, and Cape Helles. Laffin's narrative style is both accessible and rigorously researched, weaving together the personal and the political to illuminate why Gallipoli has become such an enduring symbol of sacrifice — particularly for Australia and New Zealand. The campaign's failure, he argues, was not inevitable but the product of indecision, poor intelligence, and a fatal underestimation of the Turkish defenders. A searing indictment of military hubris and a stirring tribute to the ordinary soldier, this account leaves the reader asking a question that still resonates: what might have been, had the Dardanelles not become their grave?