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Allenby and British Strategy in the Middle East, 1917-1919 (Cass Series--Military History and Policy, No. 1)

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New insights on British Middle Eastern policy

Allenby and British Strategy in the Middle East, 1917-1919 (Cass Series--Military History and Policy, No. 1)
Matthew Hughes
Manufacturer: Frank Cass
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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This book is a thought-provoking study of the Palestine campaign fought by the British-led Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) from 1917 to the withdrawal from Syria in 1919. The book also provides a reassessment of General Allenby's role as a forceful and mercurial commander in the events of this period.

Under Allenby's command, the EEF first captured Jerusalem in December 1917, then annihilated the Turkish armies in Palestine at Megiddo in 1918 and proceeded to occupy the whole of the Levant. However, Matthew Hughes points out that these famous military successes mask the realities of the campaign which was poorly organised and executed, and, as a result, did little to defeat the Central Alliance. Prime Minister Lloyd George and his advisers, notably General Robertson, disagreed over the purpose of the Palestine campaign and this further impeded Allenby.

Hughes goes on to show that the occupation of the Middle East by the British was more useful in providing for a peace settlement favourable to the British empire. After installing the pro-Hashemite Arabs in Damascus at the war's end, the British were able to gain France's acceptance for their occupation of Palestine and northern Iraq. However, the British were unable to persuade France to agree to adjustments of the eastern border of Syria for a land route to Palestine from Iraq. Therefore, in 1919, with its imperial needs satisfied and the need to retrench paramount, Britain withdrew from Syria.

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New insights on British Middle Eastern policy.......2000-09-17

Matthew Hughes offers valuable new insights on British Middle East policy-making during World War I in this study of General Allenby's campaigns in Gaza and Palestine during 1917-1918. The title, though, is slightly misleading as this book will not be of interest to military history buffs. It is, rather, a study of policy on the grand scale, an analysis of British objectives in the Middle East considered in the context of the overall war effort. Hughes argues convincingly that the Middle Eastern campaign detracted from the primary war effort being conducted on the western front. The Palestine campaign was designed first, he contends, to provide emotional uplift and counterpoint to the dreary failures being suffered in France. Second, Allenby's efforts were conceived with a view towards solidifying Britain's post-war imperial objectives-- controlling the Middle East and, by extension, vital British sea, land and air routes, to India. The book is slightly unbalanced in that, after the capture of Damascus on October 1, 1918, the focus shifts from Allenby and the men "on-the-spot", to London and Paris, where Lloyd George and Clemenceau struggled with the issue of imperial paramountcy in the Levant. Lloyd George was determined to either keep the French out of Syria altogether, or, at least, to truncate the boundaries of historic Syria in order to secure British rail, air and oil pipeline routes from northern Iraq to Palestine. Clemenceau, on the other hand, while little interested in France's overseas empire, was nevertheless determined to secure French historic economic and religious interests in Syria. Allenby had little influence on these major policy decisions. Still, Hughes is successful in showing how the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement (wherey Britain and France essentially carved the Middle East into spheres of influence) was re-worked in the post-war settlement. His study reflects wide reading in both the secondary sources and in the private paper collections of most of the important figures in the decision-making process. This book is recommended for those interested in British Middle Eastern policy, the post-war settlement and the career of General Allenby.

Conquerors of Palestine Through Forty Centuries

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Conquerors of Palestine Through Forty Centuries
H. O. Lock , and Viscount Allenby
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0766139840

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1920. While the author was on active duty in Palestine from 1917-18, he felt there was a need for a book discussing the previous invasions of that country. He collected material from various sources and created a somewhat connected story with the hope that others who have fought, traveled or are generally interested in the Holy Land would appreciate his endeavor. It is written from the viewpoint of a soldier. Contents: Egyptians; Jews, wars of the Exodus; Jews, wars of the Judges and Kings; Assyrians and Babylonians; Greeks; Romans; Arabs; Crusades; French; British; conclusion.

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Allenby in Palestine

Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0750938412

How Jerusalem Was Won (Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine)

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How Jerusalem Was Won (Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine)
T. W. Massey
Manufacturer: IndyPublish
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1428015205

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Abraham to Allenby
G. Frederick Owen
Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007EQVUC

$How Jerusalem Was Won (Large Print Edition): Being the Record of Allenby\'s Campaign in Palestine$
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Detailed account of the British advance on Jerusalem

How Jerusalem Was Won (Large Print Edition): Being the Record of Allenby\'s Campaign in Palestine
W.T. Massey
Manufacturer: BiblioBazaar
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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This narrative of the work accomplished for civilisation by General Allenby’s Army is carried only as far as the occupation of Jericho. The capture of that ancient town, with the possession of a line of rugged hills a dozen miles north of Jerusalem, secured the Holy City from any Turkish attempt to retake it.

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Detailed account of the British advance on Jerusalem.......2006-08-28

The details of this account are very good. However, the cheerleading from the author often detracts from a very good accounting of the units/major movements of the campaign. No soldier is ever happy slogging through the mud in freezing weather...but according to this account, the troops couldnt have been happier, knowing that Jerusalem was the ultimate objective.
Aside from the cheerleading, the author has put forward a good accounting of the advance from south of Gaza, through Beersheba to Jerusalem. Horrible conditions, uncertain supply lines, horrific weather all played a part in the story of the capture of the city of Jerusalem.
Interesting anecdotes regarding how the British restored the ability for all religions to freely worship in the holy city.

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How Jerusalem was won - Being the record of Allenby`s Campaign in Palestine
W. T. Massey
Manufacturer: Constable and Company LTD., editors
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O5DZFI

The romance of the last crusade;: With Allenby to Jerusalem,

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The romance of the last crusade;: With Allenby to Jerusalem,
Vivian Gilbert
Manufacturer: D. Appleton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Allenby's Military Medicine: Life and Death World War I Palestine (International Library of Colonial History)

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Allenby's Military Medicine: Life and Death World War I Palestine (International Library of Colonial History)
Eran Dolev
Manufacturer: I. B. Tauris
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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This book analyzes the medical services of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the command of General Allenby during the Palestine Campaigns of 1917-18. It describes the fight against epidemic disease inspired by General Allenby’s unique attitude towards the health of the troops and to military medicine and the developments in military-medical organization and surgery on the battlefield during these campaigns.

Everyman's library. Poetry and the drama

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Everyman's library. Poetry and the drama
William Thomas Massey
Manufacturer: Constable and Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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