The campaign fought by the Ottomans against the British in Palestine is often neglected in accounts of the Great War, yet it is fascinating from the point of view of military history and critically important because of its impact upon the modern Middle East. Edward Erickson's authoritative and absorbing account of the four-year struggle for control of Palestine between 1915 and 1918 opens up this little-understood aspect of the global conflict and it does so in a strikingly original way, by covering the fighting from the Ottoman perspective. Using Turkish official histories and military archives, he recounts the entire course of the campaign, from the initial attack by German-led Ottoman forces on Sinai and the Suez Canal, the struggle for Gaza and the outbreak of the Arab Revolt to the British offensives, the battle for Jerusalem, the Ottoman defeat at Megiddo and the rapid British advance which led to the capture of Damascus and Aleppo in 1918. AUTHOR: Edward J. Erickson was born in Norwich, New York, USA. He recently retired from a long distinguished US Army career which included service in senior positions in Europe and the Middle East, in particular in Turkey and Iraq. He is one of the foremost authorities on the Ottoman Army during the Great War. Among the many articles and books he has published are 'Ordered To Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War', 'Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans 1912-1913' and 'Gallipoli: The Ottoman Campaign' SELLING POINTS: ? In-depth history of the Palestine campaign during the First World War ? Describes the campaign from the Ottoman point of view ? Based on original research in the Turkish military archives ? A companion volume to the author's ground-breaking study of the Ottoman army at Gallipoli 30 illustrations
