| Description |
xxiv, 591 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published as: When God made hell. London : Faber, 2010. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-561) and index. |
| Contents |
Basra. Into Mesopotamia -- 'An unexpected stroke' -- Turks and Indians -- Basra -- 'Conciliating the Arabs' -- Qurna -- 'Morally responsible to humanity and to civilization' -- 'One of the decisive battles of the world' -- Townshend's regatta -- Up the Euphrates -- To Kut -- Kut. To Baghdad? -- To Salman Pak -- Ctesiphon -- Retreat -- Under siege -- To the rescue -- Marking time -- Flood and famine -- Dujaila : the second battle for Kut -- Failure -- Surrender -- Baghdad. Policy paralysed: Egypt v. India -- Administration and punishment -- Retooling the army -- Captivity -- Inquiry -- Maude's offensive: the third battle for Kut -- Baghdad at last -- Maude's moment -- Mosul. Northern exposure -- Maude's end -- Strengthening the hold -- Caucasian fantasies -- Victory -- Self-determination? -- Retrenchment -- Rebellion -- Kingdom come -- Kurdistan for the Kurds? -- The world decides. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Iraq.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Iraq.
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Iraq -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Iraq -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9780674059993 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0674059999 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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