"This book is an important addition to the historiography of World War I. It is highly recommended to anyone interested in the Middle East theater of operations, especially to those who want to read about the Ottoman perspective."

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Marine Corps History, Volume 5, Number 1 (Summer 2019) - by Major Timothy Heck, USMCR

Handsomely produced by Pen and Sword Publishing, this will become a standard reference work for military historians and suggest avenues for future research into World War I in the Middle East.

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History of War

Authoritative and absorbing account of the
four-year struggle for control of Palestine.

Journal of the Indian Maritime Foundation, February – April 2017 – reviewed by Paul Ridgway

The book looks at individual battles which were far more free flowing that the static trench lines on the Western Front and the author offers a critical insight into the opposing force, the Ottoman army in particular being put under the spotlight. The main commanders under scrutiny for their decision making include, Erich von Falkenhayn, Liman von Sanders, Mustafa Kemal and Edmund Allenby. A very informative and eye-opening book. Recommended.

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Based on original research in the Turkish Military Archives, this companion volume to the author's The Ottoman Army At Gallipoli provides an in-depth history of the Palestine campaigns during the Great War from the Ottoman perspective. The work follows the entire course of the conflict from the initial attack by German-led Ottoman forces in Sinai and the Suez Canal, through the struggle for Gaze and the outbreak of the Arab revolt, to the British offensives, the Battle for Jerusalem, the Ottoman defeat at Megiddo and the capture of Damascus and Aleppo in 1918. The first-class work provides a detailed history of a theatre of war often overlooked in favour of the Western Front.

Highly recommended. 10/10

The Great War Magazine, November 2016 - reviewed by Mark Marsay

This has largely been a neglected campaign on the Allied side, let alone the campaign waged by the Axis powers. Edward Erickson's book sets the record straight and will, I am guessing, become a standard work on this little-understood aspect of the First World War. Comprehensive index, bibliography, notes and Ottoman Orders of Battle.

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