Gallipoli
By: Peter Fitzsimons
Publisher: Bantam Press
Published: 1 September 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 824
ISBN-13: 9780593074909; 9781473510777; 9780593076699
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns; Australian Participation; Military History; Military campaigns; Military participation; Australian
Description: "Of course, the story of Gallipoli has been told before, but in this book Peter Fitzsimons, with the vibrancy and expert melding of writing and research that have become his trademarks, not only recreates the disastrous campaign as experienced by those who endured it or perished in the attempt, but takes us further - from the secret deliberations of the British war council, to the Ottoman leadership, to the trenches on both sides of no-man's-land"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 712-776) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. One A Real War; title: ch. Two Getting Started; title: ch. Three Farewell to Australia; title: ch. Four A Man with a Plan; title: ch. Five `The Fatal Power of a Young Enthusiasm'; title: ch. Six Testing the Waters; title: ch. Seven The Sky Lowers; title: ch. Eight The Landing (`Silah Basina!-To Arms!'); title: ch. Nine `Midst the Thunder and Tumult; title: ch. Ten Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea; title: ch. Eleven `Angin' on, Like Cats to a Curtain; title: ch. Twelve Anzacs to the Fore; title: ch. Thirteen The Turkish Offensive; title: ch. Fourteen Summer Sets In; title: ch. Fifteen The Battle Is Nigh; title: ch. Sixteen `Push On!'; title: ch. Seventeen Battle for the Heights; title: ch. Eighteen The Battle of Hill 60; title: ch. Nineteen Keith Murdoch Arrives; title: ch. Twenty To Leave, or Not to Leave, that Is the Question; title: ch. Twenty-One Go Gentle into that Good Night; title: Epilogue.