MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010045186
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005 20111025082615.0
008 101028s2011 mauab b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aD568.5$b.T68 2011
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100 1 $aTownshend, Charles.
240 10 $aWhen God made hell
245 10 $aDesert hell :$bthe British invasion of Mesopotamia /$cCharles Townshend.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,$c2011.
300 $axxiv, 591 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $aOriginally published as: When God made hell. London : Faber, 2010.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 555-561) and index.
505 0 $aBasra. Into Mesopotamia -- 'An unexpected stroke' -- Turks and Indians -- Basra -- 'Conciliating the Arabs' -- Qurna -- 'Morally responsible to humanity and to civilization' -- 'One of the decisive battles of the world' -- Townshend's regatta -- Up the Euphrates -- To Kut -- Kut. To Baghdad? -- To Salman Pak -- Ctesiphon -- Retreat -- Under seige -- To the rescue -- Marking time -- Flood and famine -- Dujaila : the second battle for Kut -- Failure -- Surrender -- Baghdad. Policy paralysed: Egypt v. India -- Administration and punishment -- Retooling the army -- Captivity -- Inquiry -- Maude's offensive: the third battle for Kut -- Baghdad at last -- Maude's moment -- Mosul. Northern exposure -- Maude's end -- Strengthening the hold -- Caucasian fantasies -- Victory -- Self-determination? -- Retrenchment -- Rebellion -- Kingdom come -- Kurdistan for the Kurds? -- The world decides.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zIraq.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zIraq.
651 0 $aIraq$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aIraq$xHistory$y20th century.