Eden to Armageddon: World War I in the Middle East - Tapa blanda

A stylishly written, fine-grained narrative history that should become the standard for historians and buffs alike.

Starred Review. Ford supplies an outstanding account of the military campaigns in the region while integrating them into the broader political interests and maneuvers of the great powers.

The Great War in the Middle East began with an invasion of the Garden of Eden, and ended with a momentous victory on the siteof the biblical Armageddon. For the first time, the complete storyof this epic, bloody war is now presented in a single, definitivevolume.

In this inspired new work of history, Roger Ford describes theconflict in its entirety: the war in Mesopotamia, which would endwith the creation of the countries of Iran and Iraq; the desperatestruggle in the Caucasus, where the Turks had long-standing territorial ambitions; the doomed attacks on the Gallipoli Peninsulathat 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 aftermathof the war, and the new conflicts that arose in a reshaped Middle East that would play such a huge part in shaping world affairs forgenerations to come.