Title: Soldiers' tales
Description: "When Herman Melville arrived in Jerusalem in the winter of 1857 he was startled and dismayed by the contrast between his expectations of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and their reality. He wrote in his journal that no country would more quickly dissipate romantic expectations than Palestine, and he singled out Jerusalem in particular."
Subjects: Diaries, World War, 1914-1918, Jewish Personal narratives, Sources, Jewish Participation, Jewish soldiers, History, Conscript labor, Turkey. Ordu, Turkey, World war, 1914-1918, personal narratives, World war, 1914-1918, turkey, Turkey, history
Places: Palestine, Turkey
People: Yehuda Amon, Haim Nahmias
Time periods: World War, 1914-1918, Mehmed V, 1909-1918