Incomplete Victory: General Allenby and Mission Command In Palestine, 1917-1918
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (737 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00EZ7WYYE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Palestine Campaign of the First World War exhibited a fighting style that brought with it various challenges in mission command. While General Allenby, commanding the Allied Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), gained several victories in the early stages of the campaign, he did not comprehensively defeat the Turkish forces in Palestine. This thesis argues that General Allenby did not achieve the great successes at the battles of Beersheba, Gaza, Sheria, and the pursuit of Turkish forces that ended with Allenby’s capture of Jerusalem. The research in this study highlights the mission command challenges in Allenby’s early campaigns and how he l
"Incomplete Victory" according to douglas smith. I did not like the kindle version of this it was very hard to read because it was laid out with no paragraphs. I also wish the maps were not in back the whole time I was reading it I kept wanting to see a map. I did like the topic but several time I saw the author was