Eden to Armageddon: World War I in the Middle East
by Roger Ford
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The definitive and epic account of World War I in the Middle East The Great War in the Middle East began with an invasion of the Garden of Eden, and ended with a momentous victory on the site of the biblical Armageddon. For the first time, the complete story of this epic, bloody war is now presented in a single, authoritative volume..
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Astonishing book and so well written by Mr. Roger Ford. It is well published by Pegasus Books with maps of the "Peau de Chagrin" Ottoman Empire from 1832 until 1914, the Persian Gulf near Amara, Ahwaz and Basra, Mesopotamia, the Caucasus between Erzurum, Kars and Oltu.
The narrative flows clearly to explain complex alliances and military events.
It is guaranteed to break open the doors of your preconceived knowledge of this period.
It is strangely a harbinger of many front pages of today's newspapers and blogs:
The internal divisions and coup d'Etat of the Turkish military before August 1918.
The role of oil - then the Anglo Persian oil.
The role of navies - the dreadnoughts Turkey had ordered to England and which Churchill never show more delivered; A German Admiral and his crew incorporated in the Turkish Navy after a last minute alliance between Turkey and Germany bombing the Aegan See harbours and controlling the Black Sea from the Russians,,,and of course Palestine and its quarter of a century old (in 1915) Jewish settlements like Nes Ziyona. show less
The narrative flows clearly to explain complex alliances and military events.
It is guaranteed to break open the doors of your preconceived knowledge of this period.
It is strangely a harbinger of many front pages of today's newspapers and blogs:
The internal divisions and coup d'Etat of the Turkish military before August 1918.
The role of oil - then the Anglo Persian oil.
The role of navies - the dreadnoughts Turkey had ordered to England and which Churchill never show more delivered; A German Admiral and his crew incorporated in the Turkish Navy after a last minute alliance between Turkey and Germany bombing the Aegan See harbours and controlling the Black Sea from the Russians,,,and of course Palestine and its quarter of a century old (in 1915) Jewish settlements like Nes Ziyona. show less
Full of interesting facts but not an easy read. World War I in the Middle East was a different war from Europe.
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Roger Ford is an acknowledged expert on the development of modern weaponry and the employment weapons on the battlefield. He is the author of The Tiger Tank and the definitive history of the development and deployment of the machine gun. The Grim Reaper, and of a comprehensive study of close-quarters combat in the twentieth century. The Whites of show more Their Eyes. show less
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- Middle East
- Important events
- World War I (1914 | 1918); Gallipoli Campaign (1915-04-25 | 1916-01-09); Palestine Campaign
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