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Gebunden. Zustand: New. Kut-al-Amara was the site of one of the longest siege ever endured by British forces. On December 3, 1915, the 6th Indian Division under Charles Townshend sought refuge from pursuing Turkish forces inside the walled town. This book offers important insights.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Kut-al-Amara was the site of one of the longest sieges ever endured by British forces. On December 3, 1915, the 6th Indian Division under Charles Townshend sought refuge from pursuing Turkish forces inside the walled town. With no heavy artillery to destroy fortifications, the Turks circled the town, subjecting it to intermittent shelling, small arms fire, and infantry attacks. British relief units made repeated attempts to break through the Turkish lines. Meanwhile, within Kut-al-Amara a different sort of war was going on. Townshend's division was made up of Muslim sepoys, who had misgivings about fighting the Turks. Not only were the Turks fellow Muslims but they served the Ottoman Sultan, recognized by many as the Caliph, the spiritual and temporal head of Islam. The Turks played upon this potentially divided loyalty with a propaganda campaign intended to encourage desertion. Then, when a shortage of food forced the garrison to supplement its rations with horsemeat, Muslim and Hindu soldiers were faced with violating dietary restrictions in order to survive. For British officers, prolonging the defense of Kut was complicated by the need to combat disaffection and starvation among the Indian rank and file. A significant event in the British campaign in Mesopotamia, the Siege of Kut-al-Amara offers important insights into Britain's imperial army and its role in the Middle East during World War I.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. A panoramic view of the British Empire during the most pivotal and dynamic twelve months of the Great War.KlappentextrnrnDouglas E. Delaney holds the Canada Research Chair in War Studies at the Royal Military College of C.

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvii, 259 p. Series: Contributions in military studies ; no. 227. Contents: Cover -- Trial by Fire -- Copyright Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- NOTES -- 1 The "Hybrid" Officer Goes to War: British Commanders and Staff Officers in 1914 -- AT GHQ-SIR JOHN FRENCH AND HIS STAFF -- Sir John French -- Sir Archibald Murray -- Henry Wilson -- George "Uncle" Harper -- George Macdonogh -- FIELD COMMANDERS-HAIG, SMITH-DORRIEN, RAWLINSON, CAPPER, HUNTER-WESTON, AND HUBERT GOUGH -- Sir Douglas Haig -- Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien -- Henry Rawlinson -- Thompson "Tommy" Capper -- Aylmer Hunter-Weston -- Hubert Gough -- TENDENCIES AND TRAITS OF BRITISH OFFICERS IN 1914 -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 2 Command in Crisis: Mons, Le Cateau, and the "Great Retreat" -- THE ASSEMBLY OF THE BEF -- Staff Work -- Communications -- Exercise of Command -- THE ADVANCE INTO BELGIUM AND THE BATTLE OF MONS, 21-23 AUGUST -- THE FOREST OF MORMAL, LANDRECIES, AND LE CATEAU, 24-26 AUGUST -- THE "GREAT RETREAT": 27 AUGUST-5 SEPTEMBER -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 3 The Advance to the Aisne and the Advent of Trench Warfare, 6-30 September -- THE ADVANCE TO THE AISNE, 6-12 SEPTEMBER -- The Initial Stages, 6-7 September -- The Pursuit, 8-12 September -- THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE: 13-30 SEPTEMBER -- The End of the Advance, 13-15 September -- The Mounting Costs of the Campaign -- CONFRONTING TRENCH WARFARE: OFFICERS' RESPONSE TO STALEMATE ON THE AISNE -- Tactical Solutions and Stopgaps -- Promotions and Removals -- Tensions and Rivalries in the Upper Ranks of the Army -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 4 The Costs of Confidence: Command and the Demise of II Corps, 1-30 October -- THE TRANSFER OF THE BEF AND THE DYNAMICS OF GHQ, OCTOBER 1914 -- THE TRANSFER TO FLANDERS AND THE ADVANCE OF II CORPS -- THE GERMAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE AND THE DEMISE OF II CORPS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES.5 Losing the Race for the Flank: The First Incarnation of IV Corps, 9-25 October -- GHQ AND IV CORPS AT THE OUTSET OF THE ADVANCE -- THE ADVANCE OF IV CORPS, 14-19 OCTOBER -- THE DEPLETION OF 7 DIVISION AND THE DISPERSAL OF IV CORPS, 20-27 OCTOBER -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 6 A Hazardous Experiment: Command and the Indian Corps in the First Battle of Ypres -- SEPOY-OFFICER RELATIONS IN 1914 -- THE COMMANDERS OF THE INDIAN CORPS -- MANPOWER AND FIREPOWER IN THE INDIAN CORPS IN 1914 -- THE ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1914 -- CASUALTIES IN THE INDIAN CORPS AND THE RESPONSE OF INDIAN SOLDIERS TO THE 1914 CAMPAIGN -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 7 The Victors of First Ypres: Sir Douglas Haig and I Corps, 21 October-11 November -- THE PARALYSIS OF THE HIGH COMMAND: RELATIONS BETWEEN GHQ AND I CORPS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1914 -- THE STRENGTH OF I CORPS -- THE STAND OF I CORPS, 29-31 OCTOBER -- THE ANTICLIMAX: 1-11 NOVEMBER 1914 -- THE MAKING OF A HERO: THE HAIG DIARIES, FIRST YPRES AND THE REPUTATION OF SIR DOUGLAS HAIG -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Conclusion: The Nature of Command in 1914 -- THE LESSONS OF 1914 -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- Public Record Office, Kew -- Imperial War Museum, London -- Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College, London -- Liddle Collection, Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, Leeds -- Churchill College, Cambridge -- British Library, London -- Intelligence Corps Museum, Chicksands, Bedfordshire -- National Army Museum, London -- National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh -- Contemporary Accounts and Memoirs -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- Articles -- Books -- Index -- About the Author. Subjects: Great Britain. Army History World War, 1914-1918. Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 280 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

First Edition, first impression, with printing sequence line '12345 19,18,17,16,15,14. Publisher's blue paper-covered boards with red lettering to spine. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to the illustrated dust-wrapper. Octavo. pp. [xvi] 208. A book in Fine condition in a Fine dust-wrapper which is not price-clipped.…