Churchill's dilemma : the real story behind the origins of the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign / Graham T. Clews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clews, Graham T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula.

World War, 1914-1918.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Military leadership.

Churchill, Winston.

Command of troops.

Physical Description:

xx, 343 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2010]

Contents:

Britain's defense policy, 1900-1911

First Lord Churchill

At war!

Churchill, French, and Zeebrugge

Churchill and Turkey, August-December 1914

The War Council's dilemma : north or south?

Selling Borkum

The Carden Plan

Securing Borkum, selling the Dardanelles

Clearing the decks

"I just abominate the Dardanelles"

Decision time : the War Council, January 28

Three perspectives : Callwell, Balfour, Hankey, and the "naval only" operation

The search for troops I : Salonika versus Gallipoli

The search for troops II : an army for the Dardanelles?

The search for troops III : the 29th Division withdrawn : War Council, February 19

The search for troops IV : the Lloyd George memorandum

The search for troops V : the War Council meeting, February 23

Churchill reaffirms the "naval only" operation

The search for troops VI : the Balfour memorandum and War Council, February 26

Ascendancy assumed

After the Dardanelles : the great southern offensive or Borkum/Baltic?

The Dardanelles in decline : reality check : Birdwood to Kitchener

The Dardanelles in decline : reality check : Carden to Churchill

Hamilton departs

The fleet attacks : March 18 and aftermath

The Borkum/Baltic imperative?

Conclusions

Opportunities lost.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780313384745

0313384746

9780313384752

0313384754

OCLC:

548555570