Silent Landscape at Gallipoli
the battlefields of the dardanelles, one hundred years on
$73.60
- Hardcover
212 pages
- Release Date
10 July 2018
Summary
The Gallipoli campaign was planned in early 1915 - an imaginative, but flawed attempt to overcome the stalemate in France and Flanders. The idea was Churchill’s: to force the narrow straits of the Dardanelles by naval power alone - a romantic notion for a generation schooled in the great myths of the Ancient World and the omnipotent power of the British Empire. The reality was different: the navy failed to get through the straits. The only option was to land troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911512738 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1911512730 |
| Author: | Simon Doughty, James Kerr |
| Publisher: | Helion & Company |
| Imprint: | Helion & Company |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 212 |
| Release Date: | 10 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 1.68kg |
| Dimensions: | 318mm x 248mm |
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This superb book will set you on the path of discovery that may even lead to a few cold beers overlooking the Narrows and that is a very nice thought indeed. * War History Online 21/12/2018 *
About The Author
Simon Doughty
Simon Doughty was commissioned into The Life Guards in 1976 and retired from the army in 2009. He is a graduate of War Studies at King’s College London and is a member of the British Commission for Military History, the Society of Army Historical Research and the Army Records Society. As a battlefield guide, he has worked for Holts Battlefield & History Tours and occasionally takes friends on visits to First and Second World War battlefields. He is the editor of The Guards Magazine and the author of The Guards Came Through; The Guards Regiments in The Great War. James Kerr has been an interior, landscape and garden photographer for over twenty years. The First World War has always held a great fascination and he has visited the Western Front many times with his camera. Before becoming a photographer he spent seven years in the Coldstream Guards. His work has been published in several books on the Great War as well as Shakespeare’s Scenery, a coffee table book of Warwickshire.
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