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The First Iraq War-19141918: Britain's Mesopotamian Campaign
The First Iraq War19141918 Britain's Mesopotamian Campaign Author:A. J. Barker 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 ... more »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.« less