Gallipoli
by Alan Moorehead
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When Turkey unexpectedly sided with Germany in World War I, Winston Churchill, as Sea Lord for the British, conceived a plan: smash through the Dardanelles, reopen the Straits to Russia, and immobilize the Turks. On the night of March 18, 1915, this plan nearly succeeded -- the Turks were virtually beaten. But poor communication left the Allies in the dark, allowing the Turks to prevail and the Allies to suffer a crushing quarter-million casualties. A vivid chronicle of adventure, suspense, show more agony, and heroism, Gallipoli brings fully to life the tragic waste in human life, the physical horror, and the sheer heartbreaking folly of fighting for impossible objectives with inadequate means on unknown, unmapped terrain. show lessTags
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Probably the most readable book I've ever found on World War I. Explains the Gallipoli campaign in detail, including all of the buildup and the surrounding stupidity. Fascinating and easy to read!
513. Gallipoli, by Alan Moorehead (read 2 June 1957) (Duff Cooper prize for 1956) This book tells of such a doleful event that the book cannot be enjoyed, even though the author does a good job telling of the fiasco.
Wonderfully well written and pretty fair in its judgments.
Good account of this horrible failed World War I expedition. I was meaning to read this for years.
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Alan Moorehead was born in 1910 in Melbourne, Australia, and served as a foreign correspondent, winning international recognition for his reporting during WWII. Moorehead was the author of The White Nile, The Blue Nile, and over twenty other books. He passed away in 1983.
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- People/Characters
- Winston Churchill
- Important places
- Gallipoli, Turkey; Dardanelles, Gallipoli; Turkey; Middle East; Ottoman Empire
- Important events
- World War I (1914 | 1918); Gallipoli Campaign (1915-04-25 | 1916-01-09)
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- Languages
- 6 — English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 28
- ASINs
- 29
