| Grasping Gallipoli: Terrain Maps and Failure at the Dardanelles, 1915 Contributor(s): Chasseaud, Peter (Author), Doyle, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750962267 ISBN-13: 9780750962261 Publisher: Spellmount Publishers OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I |
| Dewey: 940.426 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a great untruth--that the War Office was unprepared. This book, incorporating information unavailable elsewhere, shows that in fact the WO and the Admiralty had amassed a huge amount of data. Aerial reconnaissance had played a part--even Lawrence of Arabia had done his bit The War Office knew all about Greek plans to capture the peninsula, and one plan was even Anglo-Greek. The authors examine all the intelligence and how it was used or ignored and in the process, in the words of the late Richard Holmes, they "illuminate a wildly beautiful landscape, which never fails to charm and shock me in equal measure." |