Churchill's dilemma
Subtitle: the real story behind the origins of the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign
By: Graham T. Clews
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780313384745; 9780313384752
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Britain's defense policy, 1900-1911; title: First Lord Churchill; title: At war!; title: Churchill, French, and Zeebrugge; title: Churchill and Turkey, August-December 1914; title: The War Council's dilemma : north or south?; title: Selling Borkum; title: The Carden Plan; title: Securing Borkum, selling the Dardanelles; title: Clearing the decks; title: "I just abominate the Dardanelles"; title: Decision time : the War Council, January 28; title: Three perspectives : Callwell, Balfour, Hankey, and the "naval only" operation; title: The search for troops I : Salonika versus Gallipoli; title: The search for troops II : an army for the Dardanelles?; title: The search for troops III : the 29th Division withdrawn : War Council, February 19; title: The search for troops IV : the Lloyd George memorandum; title: The search for troops V : the War Council meeting, February 23; title: Churchill reaffirms the "naval only" operation; title: The search for troops VI : the Balfour memorandum and War Council, February 26; title: Ascendancy assumed; title: After the Dardanelles : the great southern offensive or Borkum/Baltic?; title: The Dardanelles in decline : reality check : Birdwood to Kitchener; title: The Dardanelles in decline : reality check : Carden to Churchill; title: Hamilton departs; title: The fleet attacks : March 18 and aftermath; title: The Borkum/Baltic imperative?; title: Conclusions; title: Opportunities lost.