Anzacs, empires, and Israel's restoration
Subtitle: 1798-1948
By: Kelvin Crombie
Publisher: Vocational Education & Training Publications
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780646352985
Subjects: Jews; Zionism; History; Restoration; World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-374) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Illustrations; title: Introduction; title: Part one, Until 1798:The land between empires ; To the uttermost ends of the earth ; French revolutions and Israel's return; title: Part two, 1798-1914: Napoleon and the road to India ; Empire and evangelicals ; Jerusalem, Crimea and the Suez Canal ; Zionism and imperial alliances; title: Part three: 1914-1918: The Anzacs are coming ; Constantinople - Road to Zion ; Gallipoli ; Defending the Suez Canal ; To the gates of the Promised Land ; Gaza - the gates are closed ; Allenby, Beersheva and Balfour ; The race to Jaffa ; Jerusalem by Christmas ; Enter the Jewish Legion ; The Damascus and Amman stakes; title: Part four: 1918-1948: Churchill's mandate ; Jewish and imperial clashes ; The Anzac sons are coming ; Italy thrusts for empire ; Germany's quest: Tobruk and Greece ; Germany closes in: Crete and Iraq ; Syria - Aussies again in Damascus ; Tobruk - Hope and despair ; El Alamein: echoes of Masada ; Exit British empire - enter State of Israel; title: Bibliography; title: Index.; title: List of maps: Eastern Mediterranean; title: Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and the Land of Israel, 1798-1799; title: The Turkish empire, 1914-1918; title: The Dardanelles Straits and Gallipoli Peninsula; title: The Gallipoli campaign, 1915; title: The Northern Sinai, 1916; title: The campaign in Judea and Transjordan: 1917-1918; title: The drive to Damascus, Amman and Aleppo, 1918; title: The Eastern Mediterranean, 1939; title: The North African campaign, 1940-1942; title: The Greek campaign, 1941; title: The Crete campaign, 1941; title: The Syrian campaign, 1941; title: The battle of El Alamein, July - November 1942.