Sunday, March 19, 2017

Palestine - the Ottoman Campaigns of 1914-1918, Edward J. Erickson.

Palestine - the Ottoman Campaigns of 1914-1918, Edward J. Erickson. 
An interesting study of the Ottoman side of the Palestinian campaigns of 1915-1918, looking at the failed Ottoman attacks on the Suez canal, the first two unsuccessful British attacks on Gaza and Allenby's successful campaign that eventually forced the Ottomans to sue for peace. A useful book somewhat marred by the author's approach to the Armenian Genocide, which is briefly discussed as if it was a valid response to a major security threat instead of a deliberate genocide ordered from above.
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