The Long Road Baghdad

Edmund Candler (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

326 Seiten

2006
Kegan Paul (Verlag)
978-0-7103-1150-4 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1919, this 2 volume work chronicles the British missions in Mesopotamia which the author states the purpose as being 'the safeguarding of India and the destruction of the Turk.' Looking back, Candler dislikes the morbid tone of the early chapters, and looks to change them, yet fortunately for future readers looking for a first hand glimpse into this time period, he has 'left the mournful passages uncorrected.

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XXV: The Advance; XXVI: Mahomed Abdul Hassan; XXVII: The Hai Salient and the Dahra Bend; XXVIII: The Crossing; XXIX: The Forcing of Sannaiyat; XXX: The Pursuit; XXXI: To Baghdad; XXXII: The First Days in Baghdad; XXXIII: The Turk in Baghdad; XXXIV: After Baghdad—The Meeting with the Russians; XXXV: The Shatt-el-Adhaim; XXXVI: Samarrah; XXXVII: The Blossoming of the Desert; XXXVIII: The Bible and Babel; XXXIX: Najaf; XL: The New Offensive: Ramadi; XLI: Jebel Hamrin and Tekrit; XLII: The Death of General Maude; XLIII: Kara Tappah; XLIV: Hit—Khan Baghdadi—Kirkuk; XLV: Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.1.2006
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7103-1150-8 / 0710311508
ISBN-13	978-0-7103-1150-4 / 9780710311504
Zustand	Neuware