Gallipoli (Hard Cover)

Stock Code:
BAE3891
Price:
$35.00

Description

Gallipoli (Hard Cover) by John Masefield. "I wrote this book during the war, at the request of two of His Majesty's Ministers, in the hope that it might answer certain critics and perhaps change certain feelings then common in the United States of America. I began to write the book only four months after the end of the adventure of the campaign, whenthe war had still two and a half years to run. The units and men who had taken part in the campaign were scattered all over three continents, in other campaigns; many of the documents which might have illustrated points in dispute were in Salonika, others were inaccessible, or unsorted (I saw one big store-room filled with bales of them); situation-maps, if any existed, were not to be had; the ground, which might have yielded many secrets, was in the hands of the enemy; the enemy story was not published. These things made the obtaining of accurate knowledge of the events very difficult. The events of all wars are obscure; history is only roughly right at the best. The events of this last war will be more obscure than those of most, because of the power of silencing opinion and hiding facts possessed by those who waged it." From the Preface to this eight edition by the Author.

Details

  • Author:
    Masefield, John
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    William Heinemann Ltd. London
  • Edition:
    Reprint
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    X
  • Size:
    12mo
  • Pages:
    183
  • Publish Date:
    1931
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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