Camp and combat on the Sinai and Palestine front
Subtitle: the experience of the British empire soldier, 1916-18
By: by Edward Woodfin
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780230303768
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; British Participation; Military life; Trench warfare; HISTORY / Middle East / General; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; Campaigns; Great Britain; Great Britain. Army; Soldiers; HISTORY / Military / World War I.; History
Description: "Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: Prologue; title: The Rotten Wilderness : the Sinai Crossing the Line; title: The Gaza Trenches; title: Mountains of Mourning; title: 'The Unholy Land' : The Trenches of Samaria and Jordan; title: Epilogue: The Long Journey Home; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix.