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BETRAYAL OF AN ARMY: MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1916

Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st. 2016

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. A forensic yet thoroughly readable examination one hundred years on of the circumstances and personalities that combined to create one of the most disastrous chapters in British military history. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 300 pages including index.

A superb copy, looks unread!

ISBN: 9781473843769
Stock no. 1829908

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Contents

List of Illustrations and Photographs
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Hardinge at Bay
Chapter 2 Mesopotamia and its Oil
Chapter 3 Invasion and the Capture of Basra
Chapter 4 The Capture of Kurnah
Chapter 5 Chitral Charlie, his Regatta and the Capture of Amara
Chapter 6 The Capture of Kut
Chapter 7 What Next?
Chapter 8 Advance to Ctesiphon
Chapter 9 The Pyrrhic Victory at Ctesiphon
Chapter 10 The Retreat to Kut
Chapter 11 The Siege: Early Days, December 1915
Chapter 12 January 1916: The Batles of Sheikh Saad and the Wadi River
Chapter 13 February-March 1916: The Battle of the Dukaila Redoubt
Chapter 14 April 1916: The Battle of Sannaiyat the Capitulation
Chapter 15 Aftermath
Chapter 16 The Inquiry
Chapter 17 The Debate
Chapter 18 Responsibility - the Reckoning
Appendix A Whatever happened to Old?
Appendix B Witnesses Who Appeared Before the Mesopotamia Commission
Appendix C An Analysis of Kiplings Mesopotamia
Bibliography
Index

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