Table of Contents

Introduction
Defeats
The Turks
The New Army
The Arabs
The French
The Plan
Preparations
Preliminaries
The Infantry Battle
The Cavalry Battle
The East, Haifa, Samakh
Damascus and Beirut
Aleppo and Haritan
The Occupied Territories
Problems with the Army
Rebellion in Egypt
France and Syria
Conclusion

About the Author

John D. Grainger is the author of numerous books for a variety of publishers, including nine for Boydell and Brewer, including The British Navy in the Baltic, Dictionary of British Naval Battles, The First Pacific War: Britain and Russia, 1854-56 and The British Navy in the Caribbean.

Reviews

An excellent military history of Allenby's campaigns, with good material from the Ottoman side of the line.
*HISTORY OF WAR.ORG*

Grainger does an excellent job analyzing the motivations and war aims of major combatant countries and important rebel groups. [It] is an excellent military history which makes extensive use of a wide variety of primary sources. . It is almost impossible to read this work without being struck by how many of the decisions made in this era are still playing themselves out in contemporary times.
*MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL, vol. 68, no. 1*

Grainger's great contribution in this book is to put the Middle Eastern war in a wider context than some previous scholars have done.
*H-WAR*

An efficient and comprehensive summary.
*MILITARY HISTORY MONTHLY*

Grainger is an admirably clear-headed guide through the historical quicksands and thickets of his subject matter. [He] has produced a learned, deeply considered and tightly written book that deserves to be seen as the definitive version of a momentous episode in the making of the Middle East.
*BBC HISTORY*