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245 10 a| Desert hellh| [electronic resource] :b| the British invasion of Mesopotamia /c| Charles Townshend.;

260 a| Cambridge, Mass. :b| Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,;

300 a| xxiv, 591 p. :b| ill., maps ;c| 24 cm.;

500 a| Originally published as: When God made hell. London : Faber, 2010.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-561) and index.;

505 0 a| 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 seige -- 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.;

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Desert hell the British invasion of Mesopotamia / Charles Townshend.

Author/creator	Townshend, Charles
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Description	xxiv, 591 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns. --Iraq. Great Britain--Foreign relations. --Iraq. Iraq--Foreign relations. --Great Britain. Iraq--History. --20th century.

Uniform title	When God made hell
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 seige -- 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.
General note	Originally published as: When God made hell. London : Faber, 2010.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-561) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010045186
ISBN	9780674059993 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0674059999 (cloth : alk. paper)

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