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Davis, Paul K.,
ENDS AND MEANS: THE BRITISH MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN AND
COMMISSION.
Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1994. NEW copy.
Hardcover with dust jacket. Maps, extensive notes, bibliography,
index, 279 pages. $40.00
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Tennant, LtCol John E.,
IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE BAGHDAD: THE AIR WAR IN MESOPOTAMIA, 1916-1918.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1991; reprint of the original 1920 edition.
Photographs, maps, 289 pages.
"The author commanded all British RFC forces in Mesopotamia during 1916-18. He reorganized the aviation units and rapidly obtained air superiority over the Turkish forces. He chronicles his being shot down and captivity near the end of the war. A rare study of aerial operations in a far flung theater of war."
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 MacMunn, George and Cyril Falls,
MILITARY OPERATIONS, EGYPT AND PALESTINE, VOLUME I
.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1996; reprint edition.
6 photographs/drawings, 20 maps, 469 pages.
"This begins with the outbreak of the war in August 1914, covers the preparations for the defence of the Suez Canal, the repulse of the Turkish invasion, operations in the Western Desert against the the Senussi Tribes, operations in the Sudan, the initial advance into the Sinai desert, the Battles of Romani, Rafah and 1st and 2nd Gaza., and the outbreak of the Arab Revolt. It ends with the recall of the commanding General , Sir Archibald Murray ,in June of 1917."
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Falls, Captain Cyril,
MILITARY OPERATIONS, EGYPT AND PALESTINE, VOLUME II, Part I
.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1996; reprint edition.
5 photographs/drawings, 30 maps, 496 pages.
"Originally published as part of the British official history set for ground operations in World War I, this volume begins in June 1917 when General Allenby assumed command of the Egyptian Expeditionary force. It chronicles the capture of Beersheba by the Australians, the attack on the Gaza defences, the capture of Sheria, the break up of the Turkish front in Nov.1917, the advance into the Judean Hills, the capture of Jerusalem, battle of Jaffa, capture of Jericho and the lst & 2nd Trans-Jordan raids."
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Falls, Captain Cyril,
MILITARY OPERATIONS, EGYPT AND PALESTINE, VOLUME II, Part II
.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1996; reprint edition.
5 photographs/drawings, 17 maps, 408 pages.
"This begins with the outbreak of the war in August 1914, covers the preparations for the defence of the Suez Canal, the repulse of the Turkish invasion, operations in the Western Desert against the the Senussi Tribes, operations in the Sudan, the initial advance into the Sinai desert, the Battles of Romani, Rafah and 1st and 2nd Gaza., and the outbreak of the Arab Revolt. It ends with the recall of the commanding General , Sir Archibald Murray ,in June of 1917."
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Falls, Captain Cyril,
MILITARY OPERATIONS, EGYPT AND PALESTINE. Complete three-volume set.
The three volumes listed above, as a complete set. (Vol I; Vol II Part 1; Vol II Part 2).
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Moberly, Brigadier F.J.,
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA, VOLUME I.
.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1997; reprint edition.
3 photographs/drawings, 39 maps, 412 pages.
"A reprint of the first of four volumes of this British Official history of the Great War, which chronicles in great detail the combined British / Indian campaign to wrest Mesopotamia ( modern Iraq), from the Turkish Empire. Volume 1 covers the Turkish province pre war, its defences and the organization of the pre-war Indian Army, the decision to invade, and the despatch of the Force 'D' to capture Basra. It then covers the advance up the two rivers, the Turkish counter-attack and its defeat, the subsequent British advance on and capture of Kut-al-Amara in October 1915. 1997 r/p of 1923 ed"
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Moberly, Brigadier F.J.,
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA, VOLUME II.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1998; reprint edition.
9 photographs/drawings, 14 maps, 594 pages.
"This volume begins with the British advance on Baghdad, the battle of Ctesiphon, the retirement to Kut-al Amara, the subsequent long siege and relief attempts, until the fall of Kut in April 1916. 1998 ltd. r/p of 1924 edition."
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Moberly, Brigadier F.J.,
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA, VOLUME III.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press; reprint edition.
10 photographs/drawings, 15 maps, 472 pages.
"Originally published as part of the British official history set for ground operations in World War I, this volume covers from May 1916 to April 1917, the reorganization of the British forces after the fall of Kut, the renewed offensive in early 1917, the recapture of Kut-al-Amara, and the eventual capture of Baghdad, and subsequent operations north & west of that city until April 1917."
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Moberly, Brigadier F.J.,
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA, VOLUME IV.
.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1998; reprint edition.
17 photographs/drawings, 13 maps, 463 pages.
"Originally published as part of the British official history set for ground operations in World War I this volume begins with operations in May 1917 and covers all campaigns to the final defeat of the Turkish Army in Mesopotamia to October 1918, which includes British & Indian Operations in Persia, Kurdistan and the Caspian Sea in operations against the Bolsheviks under Gen. Dunsterville. 1998 r/p of 1927 edition."
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Moberly, Brigadier F.J.,
THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA. Complete four-volume set.
.
The four volumes listed above, as a complete set.
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