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Desert Hell

The British Invasion of Mesopotamia

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HARDCOVER

$35.00 • £28.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674059993

Publication Date: 03/31/2011

Short

624 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

16 halftones, 3 maps

Belknap Press

United States and its dependencies only

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Charles Townshend is Professor of International History at Keele University.

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