Hell in the Holy Land [electronic resource] : World War I in the Middle East /
Woodward, David R.,1939-
Most descriptions of the British Army's campaign in the Turkish theater during World War I focus on the popular notion that the conflict there was somehow less brutal than on the European battlefields. This view was encouraged by such films as Lawrence of Arabia and The Light Horsemen. However, in Hell in the Holy Land, David R. Woodward uses graphic personal accounts from the diaries and letters of British soldiers to describe in rigorous detail the genuine experience of the fighting and dying in Egypt and Palestine. The voices of these British soldiers offer an overlooked perspective of t
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Most descriptions of the British Army's campaign in the Turkish theater during World War I focus on the popular notion that the conflict there was somehow less brutal than on the European battlefields. This view was encouraged by such films as Lawrence of Arabia and The Light Horsemen. However, in Hell in the Holy Land, David R. Woodward uses graphic personal accounts from the diaries and letters of British soldiers to describe in rigorous detail the genuine experience of the fighting and dying in Egypt and Palestine. The voices of these British soldiers offer an overlooked perspective of t
Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-240) and index.
List of maps -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Eastward bound -- Land of the pharaohs -- Clearing the Sinai -- Johnny Turk triumphant -- Bloody bulls loose -- Breakout -- Relentless pursuit -- Sacred soil -- Changing priorities -- Jordan valley -- Megiddo -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Soldiers
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918