Summary
Gallipoli: A Catastrophe Unveiled
One of history’s most infamous battles, Gallipoli, triggered Churchill’s downfall, cemented Mustafa Kemal’s (‘Ataturk’) legacy as Turkey’s founder, and defined Australia’s national identity. Conceived as a daring British campaign to seize Constantinople, this compelling new history reveals the inherent flaws that doomed it from the start.
From the initial landings, where the sea turned crimson with blood visible from the sky, to the relentle…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846681615 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846681618 |
| Author: | Peter Hart |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 24 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
A marvellous book … vivid and compelling * Economist *All good history books should be an assault on myth, and in Gallipoli Peter Hart mounts a supremely effective attack * Mail on Sunday *An impressive and timely reminder of the futility of war * Morning Star *[A] stirring account * Irish Examiner *Superb… a serious and important work on Gallipoli. It is researched in fine detail and written in Peter Hart’s increasingly excellent style. If you are interested in this campaign, or the Great War, or just appreciate a well written book, then this is for you. – David McLoughlin * Press Association *An account filled with insight and poignancy – Craig Gibson * TLS *
About The Author
Peter Hart
Peter Hart is the Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum and the author of several acclaimed books about the First World War. He is an internationally acknowledged expert on Gallipoli and has guided British Army staff tours around the battlefield.
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