The Great War & the Middle East : a strategic study / Rob Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Robert, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Middle East.

World War, 1914-1918.

History, Military.

Middle East--History, Military--20th century.

Middle East.

Middle East--History--20th century.

History.

Military campaigns.

Middle East Region.

Genre:

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

xviii, 354 pages : illustrations, 7 maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Great War and the Middle East

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Contents:

Ends and ways: the making of imperial strategy, 1907-14

Ways and means: armed forces and decision-making, 1914

The strategic defence of Suez and the failure of pan-Islamism, 1914-15

Eastern strategy: the Dardanelles and Gallipoli, 1915

Strategy of forward defence: Sinai and Palestine, 1915-16

The lure of quick victory: the Mesopotamia campaign, 1914-16

The decisive battle: the Caucasus and Sarıkamış, 1915-16

The Arab Revolt in the Hejaz and Palestine, 1916-17

Methodical strategy: Mesopotamia, 1917-18

The defeat of the Ottoman Empire, 1918

The strategy of negotiation: peacemaking, 1919-23

Making strategy in war and peace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

019968328X

9780199683284

OCLC:

961407713