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BL
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948800
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b703170
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| Main Entry
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Woodward, David R.,1939-
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| Title & Author
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Hell in the Holy Land : : World War I in the Middle East /\ David R. Woodward.
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| Publication Statement
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Lexington, Ky. :: University Press of Kentucky,, ©2006.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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081313496X
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: 0813146739
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: 0813146747
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: 081317144X
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: 9780813134963
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: 9780813146737
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: 9780813146744
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: 9780813171449
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9780813123837
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-240) and index.
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| Contents
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List of maps -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Eastward bound -- Land of the pharaohs -- Clearing the Sinai -- Johnny Turk triumphant -- Bloody bulls loose -- Breakout -- Relentless pursuit -- Sacred soil -- Changing priorities -- Jordan valley -- Megiddo -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Woodward uses graphic eyewitness accounts from the diaries, letters, and memoirs of British soldiers who fought in that war to describe in detail the genuine experience of the fighting and dying in Egypt and Palestine.
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Soldiers-- Great Britain, Correspondence.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Campaigns-- Middle East.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Personal narratives, British.
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HISTORY-- Military-- World War I.
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HISTORY-- Middle East-- General.
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Military campaigns.
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Soldiers.
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Great Britain.
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Middle East.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.4/15
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| LC Classification
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D568.A2W66 2006eb
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