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Beschreibung
The author, a war correspondent for the 'Daily Chronicle' newspaper in the Balkans in the early part of the Great War, was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in Dec 1916. Early in 1918 after escaping the Bolshevik 'Red terror' in Petrograd, Donohoe accompanied the "Bagdad Party" that left Britain to reinforce 'Dunsterforce' a semi-guerilla unit commanded by Major General Dunsterville (the original of 'Stalky' in Rudyard Kipling's school novel 'Stalky & Co.') 'Dunsterforce' was trying to foment Persian opposition to their Turkish overlords, training indigenous Persian police to take charge of their troubled country; and striving to counter Soviet Communist influence in Persia (Iran) and Transcaucasia. This exciting account describes the events that followed. The text is accompanied by an important and interesting appendix on the Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade, and much information on local peoples and their customs. Illustrated with maps and sixteen photographic plates. A rare account of a forgotten corner of the Great War.
The author, a war correspondent for the 'Daily Chronicle' newspaper in the Balkans in the early part of the Great War, was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in Dec 1916. Early in 1918 after escaping the Bolshevik 'Red terror' in Petrograd, Donohoe accompanied the "Bagdad Party" that left Britain to reinforce 'Dunsterforce' a semi-guerilla unit commanded by Major General Dunsterville (the original of 'Stalky' in Rudyard Kipling's school novel 'Stalky & Co.') 'Dunsterforce' was trying to foment Persian opposition to their Turkish overlords, training indigenous Persian police to take charge of their troubled country; and striving to counter Soviet Communist influence in Persia (Iran) and Transcaucasia. This exciting account describes the events that followed. The text is accompanied by an important and interesting appendix on the Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade, and much information on local peoples and their customs. Illustrated with maps and sixteen photographic plates. A rare account of a forgotten corner of the Great War.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: No Series Linked
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781843427667
ISBN-10: 1843427664
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Donohoe, M. H.
Major M. H. Donohoe, M. H. Donohoe
Major M. H. Donohoe
Hersteller: Naval & Military Press
No Series Linked
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: M. H. Donohoe (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.11.2003
Gewicht: 0,459 kg
Artikel-ID: 102185075