Reviews

Prior (coauthor, The Somme) here dissects the great miscalculation of 1915-16. Designed to knock Turkey out of the war at low cost, the Gallipoli campaign instead became a killing ground that cost the Allies 390,000 casualties. Prior uses original documents and neglected diaries to re-examine assertions that the naval campaign was almost won, that misfortunes dogged the invaders, and even that success would have cracked the Turks from the Central Powers. Lengthy, detailed, and desirable for subject collections.-EB Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.