The Great War in the Middle East began with the invasion of the Garden of Eden, and ended with a momentous victory on the site of the biblical Armageddon.  Almost incredibly, the whole story of this epic war has never been told in a single volume until now.  In this important new history Roger Ford describes a conflict in its entirety: the war in Mesopotamia, which would end with the creation of the countries of Iran and Iraq; the desperate struggle in the Caucasus, where the Turks had long-standing territorial ambitions; the doomed attacks on the Gallipoli Peninsula that would lead to ignominous defeat; and the final act in Palestine, where the Ottoman Empire finally crumbled.  He ends with a detailed description of the messy aftermath of the war, and the new conflicts in a reshaped Middle East that would play such a huge part in shaping world affairs for many generations to come.

Eden to Armageddon

History

FORD, ROGER

Military

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

The Jedburgh teams were the first modern multi-national combat units - American, British and French soldiers combined to form unique special forces teams and parachuted into France in the summer of 1944 to assist the Resistance fighters in their struggle against the Germans.

Steel from the Sky: The Jedburgh Raiders, France 1944

Weidenfeld Nicolson Ltd

Fire from the Forest: The Sas Brigade in France, 1944

A comprehensive account of the behind-the-lines missions that supported the D-Day landings and the breakout from Normandy. The SAS mounted 36 operations behind enemy lines, from sabotaging railways to ambushing German units on their way to the front. Some achieved results out of all proportion to the small numbers of men involved. Others, like the ill-fated "Operation Bulbasket," led to the execution and capture of many SAS operatives. This bloody tale exposes the limits as well as the potential of elite military units and the civilian resistance movements who fought alongside them.

Europe

UNKNO

Cassell

By the early summer of 1942 preparations for the invasion of France were already well under way. The three major allies had begun to place agents in occupied territory. Plans were also being drawn up to create a force to assist the Resistance groups by parachuting specially selected soldiers into France. It was decided to create three-man teams, with one American or British officer, one French officer and a radio operator. The Jedburgh teams, as they had become known, went on to undertake a total of ninety-three missions in France, in the most difficult circumstances. Teams were constantly on the move; there were frequent tensions and misunderstandings; all-important communications with London were difficult; there were shortages of weapons and ammunition, and even the most basic of comforts were missing. Yet the Jedburghs were able to score notable victories, usually against the steepest of odds, and amazingly, all but fourteen of them lived to tell the tale.

Steel from the Sky: Behind Enemy Lines in German Occupied France (Cassell)

The story of the machine gun, past, present and future, told with the aid of firsthand accounts by machine gunners themselves. This book describes the weapons, recounts some of the exploits of the machine gun, and illustrates its tactical importance.

Machine-Gunner

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Pan Books, Ltd.

The Whites of Their Eyes: Close Quarter Combat

in this book a panel of competent observers has collected a mass of information concerning the inception of this design, the considerations leading to the decision to purchase, the reorganization of the train service that Deltics have made possible, and some of the exceptional feats they have performed on the road.

The Deltics: A symposium

Allen, Cecil John

Fiennes, G. F.

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.

Development history and service records, armament details, firsthand accounts from Tiger crews who fought Allied forces, and black-and-white photos and color art.

The Tiger Tank

DARMAN, Peter

Motorbooks Intl

The Sherman Tank takes a hard, critical look at the tank which won the war in the West. Ford follows its development, showing how improvements in armor, armament, powerplant and running gear all made major contributions to its success in battle. Detailed appendices provide vehicle specs and manufacturing data. Comparison tables allow at-a-glance assessments of how the Sherman matched up against its rivals. Includes stories of the tank by the men who trusted their lives to it in battle.

The Sherman Tank

Zenith Pr

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Eden to Armageddon

Steel from the Sky: The Jedburgh Raiders, France 1944

Fire from the Forest: The Sas Brigade in France, 1944

Fire from the Forest: The Sas Brigade in France, 1944

Steel from the Sky: Behind Enemy Lines in German Occupied France (Cassell)

Machine-Gunner

The Whites of Their Eyes: Close Quarter Combat

The Deltics: A symposium

The Tiger Tank

The Sherman Tank