List of illustrations …………………………………… x
Preface………………………………………………… xii
Acknowledgements ………………………………..xiii
List of abbreviations……………………………….. xiv
Introduction ……………………………..1
1 From the ashes of disaster……………. 6
2 Gallipoli, 1915………………………… 14
3 Kut Al Amara, 1916……………………. 61
4 Third Gaza-Beersheba, 1917…………… 90
5 Megiddo, 1918……………………….. 118
6 Conclusion: the strength of an army………. 144
Appendix A Ottoman Army Orders No. 1……………….. 157
Appendix B Other theatres of war in 1918………………….. 162
Appendix C The Ottoman infantry division …………………165
Notes………………………………………………………………… 171
Selected bibliography ……………………………………………..205
Index………………………………………………………………. 217