The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered
By: Peter Liddle
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Barnsley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781473851412; 9781783400393
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns; History; HISTORY; Western; Military campaigns
Description: The Gallipoli Campaign is generally viewed as a disastrous failure of the First World War, inadequately redeemed by the heroism of the soldiers and sailors who were involved in the fighting. But before the first landings were made, the concept of a strike at the Dardanelles seemed to offer a short cut to victory in a war without prospect of end. The venture, and what was required of the men undertaking it who were enduring heavy casualties, eminently deserve reconsideration in the centenary year of the campaign. What fuelled and what drained morale during the eight months of extraordinary human endeavour? A balanced evaluation of the Gallipoli gamble, and of the political and military leadership, are the challenging tasks which Peter Liddle sets himself in his study of the campaign and the experience of the men who served in it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Plates; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Prologue: Gestation and Political Responsibility; Chapter 1: Preliminaries; Chapter 2: The February Bombardments; Chapter 3: Landing Parties and Minesweepers; Chapter 4: The Naval Assault of 18 March; Chapter 5: The Men of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; Chapter 6: En route for Egypt, Preparations and Plans for the Gallipoli Landings; Chapter 7: 25 April: The Landing at Anzac Cove; Chapter 8: 25 April: The Landings at Cape Helles and Kum Kale; Chapter 9: Helles in April and May.; title: Chapter 10: May and Early Summer at AnzacChapter 11: At Sea: Disaster on the Surface, Achievement Below; Chapter 12: Helles in June and July; Chapter 13: August Offensive: Plan, Command, Men and Endeavour at Anzac; Chapter 14: August Offensive: the Landing at Suvla; Chapter 15: Troopships and Hospital Ships; Chapter 16: The Dead; Chapter 17: Routine and Discipline; Chapter 18: Prisoners of the Turks; Chapter 19: Support from the Air; Chapter 20: Autumn Stagnation and the Onset of Winter; Chapter 21: The Evacuation; Epilogue: The Responsibility of Naval and Military Command.