GALLIPOLI
by ALAN MOOREHEAD
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771592396
- ISBN 13
- 9780771592393
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This book was a best-seller when it was first published in 1956. It was written by the Anglo-Australian war correspondent Alan Moorehead (1910-1983). (It was also the famous 1981 film that launched Mel Gibson's career.)
It is a vivid chronicle of adventure, suspense, agony, and heroism--and a tragic waste of human life, particularly for the Australians. When Turkey unexpectedly sided with Germany in World War I, Winston Churchill, as First Sea Lord, conceived a plan of smashing through the Dardanelles, reopening the Straits to Russian shipping, and immobilizing the Turks. On the night of March 18, 1915, this plan nearly succeeded--the Turks were virtually beaten. But poor communication left the Allies in the dark, allowing the Turks to prevail and the Allies to suffer a crushing quarter-million casualties.
Unclipped dust jacket. 318 pages, including photos--many of them in color. The spine is white and there is a little bit of ink transfer from the jacket to the spine. Otherwise mint condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 653
- Title
- GALLIPOLI
- Author
- ALAN MOOREHEAD
- Format/Binding
- Mint Condition
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0771592396
- ISBN 13
- 9780771592393
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Mel Gibson, Australian Army, Dardanelles, Military Disaster, World War I
- Bookseller catalogs
- War Stories; Military History; British History; World History; Australia & New Zealand;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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