Eden to Armageddon
Subtitle: the First World War in the Middle East
By: Roger Ford
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9780297844815
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns; Military campaigns; Weltkrieg
Description: The Great War in the Middle East began with the invasion of the Garden of Eden, and ended with a momentous victory on the site of the biblical Armageddon. Almost incredibly, the whole story of this epic war has never been told in a single volume until now. In this important new history Roger Ford describes a conflict in its entirety: the war in Mesopotamia, which would end with the creation of the countries of Iran and Iraq; the desperate struggle in the Caucasus, where the Turks had long-standing territorial ambitions; the doomed attacks on the Gallipoli Peninsula that would lead to ignominous defeat; and the final act in Palestine, where the Ottoman Empire finally crumbled. He ends with a detailed description of the messy aftermath of the war, and the new conflicts in a reshaped Middle East that would play such a huge part in shaping world affairs for many generations to come.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overture; title: 1. The route to war; title: pt. I. Mesopotamia; title: 2. To the Garden of Eden; title: 3. Besieged at Kut; title: 4. To Baghdad and beyond; title: 5. On to Mosul; title: pt. II. The Caucasus, Armenia, Anatolia and Persia; title: 6. Sarikamis Faciasi; title: 7. The Turks fight back; title: 8. Anatolia invaded; title: 9. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Persia; title: pt. III. The Dardanelles and Gallipoli; title: 10. To constantinople!; title: 11. Landings and stalemates; title: 12. A failure of leadership; title: pt. IV. Egypt, Palestine and Syria; title: 13. Suez and Sinai; title: 14. To the gates of Palestine; title: 15. Through Gaza to Judea; title: 16. By way of Armageddon; title: pt. V. Aftermath and conclusions; title: 17. Defeat and victory, dismemberment and renewal.