1967
First Published
4.13
Average Rating
500
Number of Pages
When Allah made Hell, runs the Arab proverb, he did not find it bad enough, so he made Mesopotamia—and added flies. What was a British Army doing in this Godforsaken place and how had it all come about? A.J. Barker’s masterful retelling of the story of Britain’s first Iraq war in 1914 is a masterpiece of military history that provides many answers to the endless problems and realities encountered in Iraq since 2003. Prestige and power played a major role then as they still do today. If the British were dislodged from the Shatt-al-Arab, the effects would undoubtedly have reverberated throughout the whole of the Eastern world.
Avg Rating
4.13
Number of Ratings
23
5 STARS
43%
4 STARS
35%
3 STARS
17%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
4%
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A.J. Barker
Author · 5 books
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur James Barker
