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Eden to Armageddon: World War I in the Middle East
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Author
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Roger Ford.
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Publisher
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Pegasus
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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9.3
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6.25
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1.6
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ISBN
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9781605980911
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Pages/Publication Date
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496/2010
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Daedalus Item Code
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21593
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This item is not available.
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Description
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"Often forgotten except for the legend of Lawrence of Arabia, the critical Middle Eastern theater of WWI is thoroughly chronicled in this meticulous military history. [Roger] Ford surveys all the major campaigns in the Allied—mainly British—war against the Ottoman Empire, from the invasion of Mesopotamia (Eden) to the climactic battle of Megiddo (the biblical Armageddon) in Palestine. A microcosm of the larger war, the story includes a seesaw struggle between the Turks and Russians in the Caucasus, bloody trench warfare on the Gallipoli peninsula, a rare successful British cavalry charge near Gaza, and a pervasive air of futility as best-laid plans go tragically awry.... The result is a stylishly written, fine-grained narrative history that should become the standard for historians and buffs alike."—Publishers Weekly
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