1993, ISBN: 9780297811527

Constable & Co., London, 1920. 347 pp including index, b&w photographic plates, maps (1 folding), intermittent foxing, spine discoloured, several small dents in upper board, else… Mehr…

Constable & Co., London, 1920. 347 pp including index, b&w photographic plates, maps (1 folding), intermittent foxing, spine discoloured, several small dents in upper board, else very good copy in blue, cloth boards., Constable & Co., London, 1920, London: Weidnfeld and Nicolson, 1993. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. [xiv],279pp. Octavo. Red cloth. Spine title in silver. Orginal pictoral dust jacket, unclipped; small chip to spine corner. 1cm soil mark to fore-edge. Illustrated with 16 pages of plates from photographs; 6 maps in text. A bright copy in superb condition. fine Scarce biography of Viscount Allenby, the "liberator" of Jerusalem in 1917. Allenby served in the cavalry during the Boer War and went on to serve on the Western Front during the early days of World War I. Dismissed by General Sir Douglas Haig as a result of his perceived inablilty to adapt to trench warfare, Allenby was transferred to the Middle East and became one of the rarities of the war; a commander who actually won his battles. Later overshadowed by T.E. Lawrence, Viscount Allenby remains an enigmatic and contradictory figure in British military history. 1993, Weidnfeld and Nicolson, 1993<

1993, ISBN: 9780297811527

279 Seiten, Sprache: Englisch Hardcover Gut Bull Allenby, a cavalryman with a massive frame and ferocious temper, appeared the archetypal World War I general. Judged by Orwell the "best o… Mehr…

279 Seiten, Sprache: Englisch Hardcover Gut Bull Allenby, a cavalryman with a massive frame and ferocious temper, appeared the archetypal World War I general. Judged by Orwell the "best of a bad lot", he commanded the armies which liberated Jerusalem, Palestine, Syria and the Lebanon in a series of dazzling campaigns during 1917 and 1918. The first biography for over 30 years of a controversial commander, this book draws heavily on unpublished sources and sheds new light on the high command on the Western Front as well as the war in the Middle East and Allenby's relations with his protege, Lawrence of Arabia. Allenby, a figure of contradictions, was also a gentle family man, keen naturalist and lover of poetry. This biography concludes with the stormy career of Allenby the soldier-turned-proconsul who faced mutinies by his own troops in 1919 and for the next six years engaged in an often violent struggle with Egyptian nationalism. Versand D: 4,95 EUR , [PU:London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson]<

ISBN: 9780297811527

Bull Allenby, a cavalryman with a massive frame and ferocious temper, appeared the archetypal World War I general. Judged by Orwell the best of a bad lot , he commanded the armies which… Mehr…

Bull Allenby, a cavalryman with a massive frame and ferocious temper, appeared the archetypal World War I general. Judged by Orwell the best of a bad lot , he commanded the armies which liberated Jerusalem, Palestine, Syria and the Lebanon in a series of dazzling campaigns during 1917 and 1918. The first biography for over 30 years of a controversial commander, this book draws heavily on unpublished sources and sheds new light on the high command on the Western Front as well as the war in the Middle East and Allenby's relations with his protege, Lawrence of Arabia. Allenby, a figure of contradictions, was also a gentle family man, keen naturalist and lover of poetry. This biography concludes with the stormy career of Allenby the soldier-turned-proconsul who faced mutinies by his own troops in 1919 and for the next six years engaged in an often violent struggle with Egyptian nationalism.; History, Weidenfeld & Nicolson<