The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster

This book, based on comprehensive archival research in official and private papers, offers a new history of the infamous British disaster at Gallipoli in 1915. Contrary to all previous accounts, it shows that the campaign originated not in the search for an alternative to the Western Front, but in the need to lower the price of bread in Britain.

Table des matières

• Acknowledgements


• Dramatis Personae


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Britannia's Achilles Heel


• Chapter 2: War in a Globalized World


• Chapter 3: The Turkish Irritant


• Chapter 4: The Beggar Giant


• Chapter 5: The Military and Diplomatic Strands


• Chapter 6: The Political and Economic Strands


• Chapter 7: Two Problems, One Solution


• Chapter 8: Seven Days in January


• Chapter 9: Not Such a Bargain


• Chapter 10: The Fortunes of War


• Chapter 11: This Wicked Gamble


• Conclusion


• Notes


• Select Bibliography


• Index

A propos de l'auteur

Nicholas A. Lambert is the prize-winning author of Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution and Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War. Between 2016 and 2018, he held the Class of 1957 Chair at the United States Naval Academy.

Résumé

This book, based on comprehensive archival research in official and private papers, offers a new history of the infamous British disaster at Gallipoli in 1915. Contrary to all previous accounts, it shows that the campaign originated not in the search for an alternative to the Western Front, but in the need to lower the price of bread in Britain.

Texte suppl.

The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster is a masterful work of uncanny contemporary relevance—one that resonates with the very human art of strategic decision making. Nick Lambert's innate understanding of national power, in all its dimensions, brilliantly illuminates the competing considerations and grave consequences in the creation of national-security and naval policy. Any current or aspiring practitioner of global security, civilian and uniformed alike, will be educated and enlightened by this fascinating case study.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Nicholas A. Lambert, Nicholas A. (Independent Scholar) Lambert
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780197545201
• ISBN: 978-0-19-754520-1
• Pages: 360
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 245 mm x 30 mm
• Thèmes: Oxford Studies in International History; OXFORD STUDIES IN INTL HISTORY SERIES
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Economic history, c 1910 to c 1919, Middle Eastern history, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I