Allenby in Palestine
Author | : Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby Allenby (Viscount) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 0750938412 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780750938419 |
Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: General Sir Edmund Allenby spent his early years soldiering in Africa. After the South African War he went on to fight in the First World War in France and Belgium before taking charge of the British-led expeditionary force in Palestine in June 1917. This volume examines Allenby's Middle-Eastern military and political correspondence as he made the shift from general to colonial administrator. It covers an immensely significant twenty-eight month period during which British-led forces under Allenby conquered the Levant and then established the basic political framework for the contemporary Middle East.