The Last Crusade: the Palestine Campaign in the First World War.(Book Review)

The Middle East | November 1, 2002| | Copyright

By Anthony Bruce published by John Murray ISBN 0 7195 5432 2 price 22.50 [pounds sterling] hardback

The full story of the dramatic campaign against the Ottoman Turks, which swept Allenby to Jerusalem and TE Lawrence to worldwide fame.

Surprisingly, this is the first full account of the First World War in Palestine since the official history published in the 1920s. It was a tough and fast moving campaign, fought against a formidable enemy in difficult conditions and sometimes stupefying heat. Its high points--T E Lawrence's capture of Aqaba with a charge of ...

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