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Product Identifiers

PublisherPegasus Books

ISBN-101605980919

ISBN-139781605980911

eBay Product ID (ePID)79742812

Product Key Features

Book TitleEden to Armageddon

Number of Pages520 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicMilitary / General, Military / World War I, Middle East / General

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorRoger Ford

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsThe first world war left a legacy in the Arab world with whoseconsequences we still grapple on a daily basis. The war destroyed one political system-the sometimes intolerant and evenbarbaric, but often enlightened Ottoman one-and created inits stead a multitude of competing interests. Eden to Armageddon examines the empire, its confused leadership, its search forpolitical and geographical identity. Roger Ford's book fills thegap.

Dewey Decimal940.415

SynopsisIn this inspired new work of history, Roger Ford describes the conflict in its entirety: the war in Mesopotamia, which would end with the creation of the countries of Iran and Iraq; the desperate struggle in the Caucasus, where the Turks had long-standing territorial ambitions; the doomed attacks on the Gallipoli Peninsula that would lead to ignominious defeat; and the final act in Palestine, where the Ottoman Empire finally crumbled. Ford ends with a detailed description of the messy aftermath of the war, and the new conflicts that arose in a reshaped Middle East that would play such a huge part in shaping world affairs for generations to come., The Great War in the Middle East began with an invasion of the Garden of Eden, and ended with a momentous victory on the site of the biblical Armageddon. For the first time, the complete story of this epic, bloody war is now presented in a single, definitive volume.In this inspired new work of history, Roger Ford describes the conflict in its entirety: the war in Mesopotamia, which would end with the creation of the countries of Iran and Iraq; the desperate struggle in the Caucasus, where the Turks had long-standing territorial ambitions; the doomed attacks on the Gallipoli Peninsula that would lead to ignominious defeat; and the final act in Palestine, where the Ottoman Empire finally crumbled.Ford ends with a detailed description of the messy aftermath of the war, and the new conflicts that arose in a reshaped Middle East that would play such a huge part in shaping world affairs for generations to come.