Camp and combat on the Sinai and Palestine front the experience of the British empire soldier, 1916-18
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TextPublication details: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2012Description: xvii,220p. ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780230303768
- Great Britain. Army -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
- Great Britain. Army -- Military life -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Egypt -- Sinai
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Palestine
- Soldiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Soldiers -- Egypt -- Sinai -- History -- 20th century
- Soldiers -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, British
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Trench warfare
- HISTORY / Middle East / General
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- 940.43 22 WO-C
- D568.2 .W66 2012
- HIS026000 | HIS027090 | HIS037070
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Includes bibliographical references.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Prologue -- The Rotten Wilderness : the Sinai Crossing the Line -- The Gaza Trenches -- Mountains of Mourning -- 'The Unholy Land' : The Trenches of Samaria and Jordan -- Epilogue: The Long Journey Home -- Conclusion -- Appendix.
"Dunes, sandstorms, freezing crags and searing heat; these are not the usual images of World War I. For many men from all over the British Empire, this was the experience of the Great War. Based on soldiers' accounts, this book reveals the hardships and complexity of British Empire soldiers' lives in this oft-forgotten but important campaign"--
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