- List of Plates
- List of Abbreviations
- Author’s Note
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I: Basra
- 1. Into Mesopotamia
- 2. ‘An unexpected stroke’
- 3. Turks and Indians
- 4. Basra
- 5. ‘Conciliating the Arabs’
- 6. Qurna
- 7. ‘Morally responsible to humanity and to civilization’
- 8. ‘One of the decisive battles of the world’
- 9. Townshend’s Regatta
- 10. Up the Euphrates
- 11. To Kut
- Part II: Kut
- 1. To Baghdad?
- 2. To Salman Pak
- 3. Ctesiphon
- 4. Retreat
- 5. Under Siege
- 6. To the Rescue
- 7. Marking Time
- 8. Flood and Famine
- 9. Dujaila: The Second Battle for Kut
- 10. Failure
- 11. Surrender
- Part III: Baghdad
- 1. Policy Paralysed: Egypt v. India
- 2. Administration and Punishment
- 3. Retooling the Army
- 4. Captivity
- 5. Inquiry
- 6. Maude’s Offensive: The Third Battle for Kut
- 7. Baghdad at Last
- 8. Maude’s Moment
- Part IV: Mosul
- 1. Northern Exposure
- 2. Maude’s End
- 3. Strengthening the Hold
- 4. Caucasian Fantasies
- 5. Victory
- 6. Self-Determination?
- 7. Retrenchment
- 8. Rebellion
- 9. Kingdom Come
- 10. Kurdistan for the Kurds?
- 11. The World Decides
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Desert Hell
The British Invasion of Mesopotamia
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$35.00 • £30.95 • €31.95
ISBN 9780674059993
Publication Date: 03/31/2011
624 pages
6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches
16 halftones, 3 maps
United States and its dependencies only
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