Author: Arnold T. WilsonPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666774049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917
Author: Arnold T. WilsonPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666774049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Loyalties
Author: Sir Arnold T. WilsonLoyalties; Mesopotamia, 1914-1917
Author: Sir Arnold Talbot WilsonPublisher: London : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Loyalties, Mesopotamia, 1914-1917 ; 1917-1920
Author: Sir Arnold Talbot WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Mesopotamia, 1917-1920
Author: Sir Arnold Talbot WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Iraq, 2003-4 And Mesopotamia, 1914-18: A Comparative Analysis In Ends And Means
Author: Lieutenant Colonel James D. ScudieriPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782896783
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
This paper is a comparative analysis of the British campaign in Mesopotamia during the First World War, 1914-18 and the current campaign in Iraq, 2003-4. The study focuses on an examination of Phase III decisive operations and Phase IV reconstruction operations, including strategic imperatives, operational planning, and the impact of changes during operations. The British had no campaign plan for Mesopotamia upon the outbreak of war in 1914. Deployment to this theater began as a peripheral operation. Overriding politico-strategic requirements spurred further exploitation to reach Baghdad. Failure to match ends and means resulted in the disastrous surrender of a division at Kut on 29 April 1916. Sweeping reorganization and large-scale reinforcements resumed the advance; Baghdad fell on 11 March 1917. The British conducted ad-hoc reconstruction operations throughout this period, beginning in the Basra vilayet and expanding their scope with the capture of Baghdad. The British established viable civil institutions, to include police forces, a functioning legal system, Revenue and Customs Departments, a banking system, and even domestic mail. Conversely, the recent U.S. strategy of pre-emption in Iraq was a policy decision based upon the wider strategic perspective and benefited from exhaustive operational planning. However, the rolling start campaign utilized minimal forces. They had the capability to win the decisive operations phase rapidly, but this same troop level was woefully inadequate to conduct incompletely-planned, sorely under-estimated, post-conflict operations. Both campaigns suffered from a serious mismatch of ends and means at certain stages, especially for post-war reconstruction operations. They achieved significant success due to herculean efforts in theater. The study concludes with recommendations for strategic leaders related to planning and force structure.
Loyalties: 1914-1917
Author: Sir Arnold Talbot WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918
Author: Frederick James MoberlyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A History of Iraq
Author: Charles TrippPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521529006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This updated edition of Charles Tripp's A History of Iraq covers events since 1998, and looks at present-day developments right up to mid-2002. Since its establishment by the British in the 1920s Iraq has witnessed the rise and fall of successive regimes, culminating in the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Tripp traces Iraq's political history from its nineteenth-century roots in the Ottoman empire, to the development of the state, its transformation from monarchy to republic and the rise of the Ba'th party and the ascendancy of Saddam Hussein.
The Fall of the Ottomans
Author: Eugene RoganPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465056695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nationalist and Italian forces. But in the aftermath of the assassination in Sarajevo, the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and not even the Middle East could escape the vast and enduring consequences of one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. The Great War spelled the end of the Ottomans, unleashing powerful forces that would forever change the face of the Middle East. In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region's crucial role in the conflict. Bolstered by German money, arms, and military advisors, the Ottomans took on the Russian, British, and French forces, and tried to provoke Jihad against the Allies in their Muslim colonies. Unlike the static killing fields of the Western Front, the war in the Middle East was fast-moving and unpredictable, with the Turks inflicting decisive defeats on the Entente in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, and Gaza before the tide of battle turned in the Allies' favor. The great cities of Baghdad, Jerusalem, and, finally, Damascus fell to invading armies before the Ottomans agreed to an armistice in 1918. The postwar settlement led to the partition of Ottoman lands between the victorious powers, and laid the groundwork for the ongoing conflicts that continue to plague the modern Arab world. A sweeping narrative of battles and political intrigue from Gallipoli to Arabia, The Fall of the Ottomans is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the Great War and the making of the modern Middle East.