ISBN |
9780195576764 |
Author |
Grey, Jeffrey, 1959-2016 (author.) |
Title |
The war with the Ottoman Empire / Jeffrey Grey. |
Publisher and/or associated date/s |
South Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 2015. |
©2015. |
Description |
x, 238 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. |
Series |
The centenary history of Australia and the Great War ; volume 2 |
Note |
Includes index. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Rival Empires: 1914 -- 2.The Defence of Egypt: 1914--16 -- 3.The Dardanelles Landings: 1915 -- 4.The Dardanelles to the Evacuation: 1915--16 -- 5.Clearing Sinai: 1915--16 -- 6.Defeat and Stalemate in Southern Palestine: 1917 -- 7.Third Gaza and the Conquest of Jerusalem: 1917 -- 8.Defeat of the Ottomans in Palestine and Syria: 1918 -- 9.Aftermaths. |
Summary |
The war with the Ottoman Empire was a war not only between great empires but about empire and the furthering of European imperial interests; its aftermath laid the foundations of the modern Middle East. Soldiers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, India and other parts of the British Empire all fought in various theatres in the Dardanelles, Sinai, Palestine, Syria and Mesopotamia and played an important, though never decisive, role in several of them. The Australian Imperial Force was a relatively small part of a much larger imperial military machine, and without the resources of the British Army and its willingness to expend them in a sustained manner on the various Dominion forces the latter could have achieved little. This book examines the involvement of Australians in this part of the Great War, but does so in a wider context in order to more fully understand the real importance of these complex events and Australia's part in them. Drawing on archival records in Australasia, Europe and North America, The War with the Ottoman Empire provides a fresh perspective on Australia's involvement in the Great War and our place in the world as empires shifted. |
Subjects |
Australia. -- Australian Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- History |
New Zeland. -- Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
Australia. -- Australian Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
Australia. -- Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
Australia. -- Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
Great Britain. -- Army. -- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Syria |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Egypt |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Palestine |
Series |
Centenary history of Australia and the Great War volume 2. |
Call number |
2016.297 |