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Hamilton and Gallipoli: British Command in an Age of Military Transformation
by McGilvray, Evan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1781590761
- ISBN 13
- 9781781590768
- Seller
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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Military, 2015. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 165mm x 240mm. Minimal wear to jacket. No tears. Bookvery clean. Binding tight. 230pp This is a study of Sir Ian Hamilton VCs command of the Gallipoli campaign. Appointed by Kitchener after the failure of the initial Allied naval offensive in the Dardanelles, Hamilton was to lead the ambitious amphibious landings that were intended to open the way to Constantinople. In the event, however, opportunities immediately after the landings were squandered and, in the face of unexpectedly effective Turkish resistance, soon stalled in attritional trench warfare like that on the Western Front. Hamilton has often been criticized for this failure and in many ways seen to typify the stereotype of a British general clinging to outdated Victorian thinking. Yet this fresh reappraisal, drawing on original archival research, shows that Hamilton did display some progressive ideas and a realization that warfare was rapidly changing. Like all generals of this period he faced the challenge of unprecedented technological and tactical revolution as well as the political and media battle..
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- Bookseller
- Lectioz Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023210
- Title
- Hamilton and Gallipoli: British Command in an Age of Military Transformation
- Author
- McGilvray, Evan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1781590761
- ISBN 13
- 9781781590768
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword Military
- Place of Publication
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 165mm x 240mm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military & War;
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