The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered: In 1915 and in retrospect

The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered: In 1915 and in retrospect
ISBN-10
1473851092
ISBN-13
9781473851092
Category
History
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2015-02-27
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Author
Peter Liddle

Description

The Gallipoli Campaign is generally viewed as a disastrous failure of the First World War, inadequately redeemed by the heroism of the soldiers and sailors who were involved in the fighting. But before the first landings were made, the concept of a strike at the Dardanelles seemed to offer a short cut to victory in a war without prospect of end. The venture, and what was required of the men undertaking it who were enduring heavy casualties, eminently deserve reconsideration in the centenary year of the campaign. What fuelled and what drained morale during the eight months of extraordinary human endeavour? A balanced evaluation of the Gallipoli gamble, and of the political and military leadership, are the challenging tasks which Peter Liddle sets himself in his new study of the campaign and the experience of the men who served in it.

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