![]() ![]() Gallipoli has been very well-served in war literature ever since 1915. But watch out for the new book on the ANZAC Corps 25 April landings by our very own Crunchy - it is truly excellent and explodes so many myths. For fun, I really like David Cameron (not the Tory swine) whose books have been eye-opening and an excellent read. Many of the older books by the likes of Nevinson and North are also riveting reads, while the modern generation are also pretty good (Robertson, Hickey, Pryor & Travers etc) although the single-volume format is now more than a little 'tired', with a lack of space to explore the detail of operations.įor a personal experience account you can't beat Joe Murray and Gallipoli as I saw it. ![]() Years ago I enjoyed Alan Moorehead a great journalist historian in who's footsteps Carlyon ably follows. These are the bedrock of Gallipoli studies. The Australian Official History is also a brilliant construct: again with a heavy agenda but stuffed full of the raw material of history and a fantastic piece of work. But look beyond that and the campaign is laid out in all its futile stupidity. The only problem is in the interpretation as the author Aspinall-Oglander was a senior member of Hamilton's staff. The best book on Gallipoli is surely the Official History which is a very readable book that summarises the events of the campaign in great style and considerable detail. ![]()
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