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HISTORICAT BIBLIOGRNPHYOF
WARFAREIN THE MTDDLEEAST
A Report Prepared for BATTELLE l-B February 1972
HISTORTCALEVALURTTON AND RESEARCHORGANIZATION 230I Gallows Road Dunn Loring, Vinginia 22027
' .t-l HISTORTCALBI BLIOGRAPHYOF WARFAREIN THEMIDDLE EAST
.A Report by the Historical Evaluation and ResearchOrganization
Contents
Introduction
I. General History
II. Ancient and Medieval History
III. Northeastenn North Africa A. World War If Campaigrns B. World War II Biography and Memoirs C. Egypt I. General 2. Napoleon in Egypt 3. Egypt and the Sudan D. Libya E. The Horn of Afrlca 1. Abyssinia/Ethiopie and Eritrea, General 2. Italian Conquest of Ethiopia 3. Somalia/Somaliland
IV. fsrael/Palestine and Sinai A. General History B. World War I C. Arab-Israeli Conflict? 1. General 2. I94B War 3. 1948-1955 4. 1955 War 5. 1967 War
V. The Arab States of Southwest Asia A. Arabia and the Arabs 1. lrab History, General 2. World War I Arabian Campaign 3. Saudi l,rabia 4. Yemen B. Jordan C. Syrla D. I r,ag/Mesopotamia I. Wor1d War I 2, World War II 3. Kurdistan E. Lebanon
Vl. The Northern Tier A, Turkey I. General History 2, World War I and Aftermath B. Iran
VII. The Techniques and Weapons of Desert Warfare
\rIII. Air Operations and Techniques A. North Africa--World Wan II B. Southwest Asia
L1 Introduction
This bibliography was prepared, upon request, in a very short peliod of time by the Historical Evaluation and Research Organization. It i believed to be the very first effort to prepare a comprehensive bibliography of warfare in the Middle East--mostly desert, mountain, or amphibious operations--over the course of recorded history. Bcnauseof limitations on the time available fon this effort, only 'i fe'* c'i.tat'i.1,.q lrs!'g becn orutuLat'ed, mainLy books of particuiar impor- tance, or works with which the researehers are ful1y familiar. The co' /et?age,as full as time penmittedr* includes the most significant worlts on desert and mountain warfar.e in the Middle East, and provides rer.:erenceto all historical operations of major significance in the area.
For the purposes of this bibliography, the Middle East is defincd as the area from the Gulf of Gabes and Tripolitanian Desert in the West, to the eastern boundaries of Iran in the East, including: Libygr Egypt, desert portlons of the Sudan, those portions'of Ethiopla .rrrclstrm:li larrd rrorth of 10o N. Latitude, rsrael, syria, Lebanon, Jordan, T'rirk:yr -Arabia, Mesopx>rarni.a,arrd rrarr. Lire bibiioirraphy covers the pcriod from Arexander the Great (336 B.c.) to the Six'oiy war (1967),
Two other HEROschorars worked with me in the preparation of this bibliography: Grace P. Hayes, Director r:f Reseerch, and Denis E. Skora.
17 Februany 1972 T.N. Dupuy l-tunnLoring, Virginla Executive Director
*A number of titres of reratively rare books with which the researchers are familiar, probabry shourd be included in this biblio- Eraphy, but the researchers did not have time to get hold of them to .:ireck their suitability for inclusion. I. General Historv
Denison, George T. A Historv of cavalrv. London: Macmilran, 1913.
Selective coverage of operations in the Middle East before V,/orldWar I; authoritative.
Dupuy, R. Ernest and Dupuy, Trevor N. The Encvclopedia of Militar.v Historv. New York: Hanper t Rowr-TEm
Believed to be the most generaL and comprehensive coverage of military operations in the Middle East throughout the histori- cal period to 1965.
Eggenberger, David. 4 Dictionary of Battles. New York: T.Y. Crowe11, L967.
A reliable survey of important battles and campaigns in Midd1e East history.
Fortescue, Sir rlohn W. Historv of the Brilish Armv.13 volumes. New york: St. Martins Press, ffi
Thorough, detailed survey of British military operations in the Middle East through the 19th Century.
Fuller, John F.C. A Militarv Historv of -the Westeqn World. 3 voltrmes. New York: Funk 6 Wagnalls, 1954.
Selective coverage of warfare in the Middle East, through Wor1d War IT; authoritative analysis of a relatively few operations in the Middle East.
Mitehell, William A. Outlines gf-Ebg_Wo4d_ts Militarv HistorV. Washington: f931
Selective coverage through World War I; authoritative but opinionated.
Montross, Lynn. Wap Throuqh the Aqes. New Ycrk: Harper, 1946.
Selective coverage of warfare in the Middle East; more complete than Fuller or l4itchell, but less rel-iable. II Ancient_and Medieval llistorv
Adcock, Frank E. The Greek and Macedonian Art of War. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957.
-:. Th-qBoman-Art of War under the Republic. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1940
.e.i]rf.C.;Books of Joshua and Maccabees I and II. Buryr^J.3.-qt aI.t egs. - Thg cambridge Ancient Histonv. 12 volumes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Pre-s,-TSZ3:Tffi.
Included in this massive collection of general historical works are extensive and authoritative accounts of many of the pninci- pal nrilitary operations of antiquity, and good descriptions of the techniques, stnategy, and tactics employed by most of the ir,ajor military commanders.
Caesar, Julius. Commentaries.
Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotecha Historica.
Dodge, Theodore A. Alexander the Great. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin 6 Co., 1890.
Most complete and reliable discussion in English of al-1 military aspects of the campaignrsof Alexander the Great.
Julius Caesar. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin 6 Co., 1892.
Comparable coverage of Caesarts campaigns in Egypt and in Asia Minor.
Dupuy, Trevor N._ Th-e_\4ilitarv Lj_fq.of Ju1ius Caesar: Imperator. ItlewYork: Franklin Watts, 1969.
The Military Life of Alexqnder the Great of Macedon. New Yo : Franklin Watts, 1969.
Fuller, John Frederich Charles. The Generalship of ALexander the Great. New Brunswick: Rutg
Not so exhaustive as Dodge; includes access to some sources not available to Dodge; the analysis is probably more perceptive"
,rlql-ius Caesar. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1965.
See above comment. Gibbon, Edward. Decline and FalI of the RomanEmpire. 3 volumes. New York' M
Excellent description of Romanand Byzantine campaigrnsin the Middle East.
HaIl, H.R. The Ancient Historv of. the Near East, London: Methuen and Co., 1956.
"Tosophus,Flavius. History of the Jewish War. Translated by H.St.J. Thackery and R. Marcus. Loeb Series. Cambridge, Mass.z 1926.
Lamb, Harold. The Crusades. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran 6 Co., 193r.
Livy. Historv of Rome.
Momrnsen,Theodor. Historv of Rome. 5 volumes.
Olmstead, Albert Ten Eyck. Historv of the Persian Empire. Achaemenid Perio{. Chicago: University of Chicago Press' 1948.
Oman, Sir Charles. A Historv of the Ant of War in the Middle Ages. London: Methuen, 1924.
Valuable discussion of operations and techniques of Crusader and Byzantine campaigns in the Middle East.
Po1ybius. Histories.
Robinson, Charles A., Jr. Alexander the Greg9. Providence: Brown University Press, 1953.
Rlmciman, Sir S. A Historv of the Crusades. London: Peregrine, 1965.
Smail, R.C. Crusadinq Warfare (1097-1193). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1956.
Spaulding, Oliver L., Nickerson, Hoffman, and Wright, John W. Warfare: A Studv of Militarv Methods From the Earliest Times. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, L937.
Authoritative analysis of selected ancient and rnedieval operations in the Middle East.
Stark, Freya. Romeon the Euphrates. New York: Harcourt, Brace E World, 1967.
Tarn, William W. Alexanden the Great. Cambridge: Cambridge Univer- sity Press, 1948. Xenophon" Anabasis. and Cyropa.edia-. Translated by W. Mi1ler g! el, Loeb Series. Cambridge, luiassachusetts: 1914-1925.
Yadin, Yigael. Art of Wanfare in Biblical Lands in the Liqht of lrchaeoloqi 1963.
Authoritative analysis and discussion by a leading soldier of. modernisrael.
III . Northeastern North Africa
World War II GeneraI
Agar-l-{annilton,J.A.I., and Turner, L.C.F. Crises in the Desert Mav-JuIy 1942.'k Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1952,
. The Sidi Rezeq Battleso 1941.'t Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1957.
Aghion, Raoul. War in the Desert; The Battle for Africa. New York: Henry Holt, 1941.
Barclay, C.N. Aqainst Great Odds. Liverpool: Blake and Mackensie, n.d.
Barnett, Corelli. The Desert Genenals. NewYork: Viking, 1960,
Well-written, interesting, but sometimes controversial assess- ment of leadinq British senerals in the Middle East in Wor1d War II.
Blamey, Chooks. A CompanvCommander Remembers, Pietersmaritzburg: The I'latal Witness, 1963
B'5schleg, Hermann. Feldherrn und Panzer im WUstenkrieg. Neckar- gemUnd: Kurt V
Caccia-Dominioni, Paolo. Alamein. 1933-1962. London: Allen and Unwin, 1966.
xThese books were produced by the Union War Histories Section of the Office of the Prirne Minister of the Union of South Africa. CareII, Paul. The Foxes of the Desert. New York: E.p. Dutton, IYh I
Carver, Lt. Gen. Michael. El Alamein. New Yor.k: Macmil1an, 1962.
. Tobruk. Philade lphia: Dufour Editions, 1964.
Cowles, Virginia. The phantomMaior. New york: Harper, 1958.
Cnichton-Stuart, M. G patrol. London: W. Kimben, 1958.
cr:isp, Major Robert. Brazen ctc!&!_1. New york: Balrantine Books, 1961.
Particularly useful for detailed discussion of armored warfare in the desert in World War II.
De Guingand, sir Francis. operation victorv. New york: scribner?s, 1947 .
Fair and objective account of Generar (rater Fierd Marshal) Montgomery?sreadership of the British Eighth Army in the Western Desert, by his Chief of Staff.
Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt. Land Battles : Nolt[.Q_!r1gg,*qtgryr_ ilg ltaIvta Iv. The Military History offi-3- TEvt-%til Franklin Watts , L962.
Edebeck, Hanns Gert. Afrikanische schicksalsjahre. wiesbaden: Limes,1950
Esposito, Vincent J., ed. The west point Atlas of American wars, Vol. II. NewYork: Praeger, 1959.
Valuabre operations mapsof worrd wars r and rr in the Middre East; text is superficial, and mapsshould be usedwith other more detailed texts.
Farrar-Hock1ey, Anthony. The war in the Desert. london: Faber and Faber, 1969.
Guedalra, Philip... Middl,e_East. 1940-1942. A studv in Air Bower. London:'Hodde
Heckstall-smitl-r, Anthony. Tobruk. New york: w .t,,i. Norton, 19sg.
Hitl, Russell. Desert War, New York: A.A. Knopf, 1942.
Desert Conquest. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1943.
Houart, Victor. Desert Squadron. London: 1959. Italy. . MinistrytvrrltrljLry ofuI Defense.uerellse. I:rrrl Lfricarl.Lrlcd Settent'rionale.)eftenI.rIonale. LaIJa PreDara-yfeDafa- zione al Conflitto r L'Avand5G-uTIAileI-ffizata su Sid: eI Barrani (Ottobre 1939- I all(rr.q t t-t.
Eggonda Offensiva Brit rica Settqntrionale e _. Pinian:m.nto :I.-Y"'..-..ItaIo-Tedesco nella Sirtica Orientale (18 November f94i-I7 Gsnnaio 1942). Rome, 1949. j:rrs, Robert. Les CampagnesdrAf rique. Paris: Payot, L957.
Jc,l,,:ston, Denis . Nine Rivers f rom Jordan. Boston: LittIe, Brown, 1955.
Kl-ej-n, Harry. Sprinqboks in Armour. The South lfrican Armoured Cars in World War II. Cape Town: Purnell 6 Sons (1965).
Landsborough, Gordon. Tobruk Commqndo. London: Casse11, 1956.
Macksey, Kenneth. Afrika Korps. New York: Ballantine Books, 1968.
Majdalany, Fred. lhe Battle of El AIamein. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1965.
Mellenthin, Maj. Gen. F.W. von. Panzer Battles.-_ Norrnarr, Oklatroma: University of Oklahoma pressl-T956. r'tontgomery,FieId Marshal Sir Bernard Law, Viscount of Alamein. Alamein.and th. Desert War. London: Sphere Books and the SundayTimes, 1967.
Valuable accounts of the operational planning and techniques of one of the most successful generals of British history, whose ability is often underrated by Americans, and probably overrated bv himself.
El Alamein to the River Sangro. London: Hutchinson, 1948.
See commentfor preceding book. lnlocrehead,Alan. The March to Tunis; The Nqrth Lf req,al Wgf, r.940-1943_. New York: Harper 6 Row, L967. (Originally published in three parts, then as The African Trilogv. )
An authoritative account of British operations in the Middle East by a skilled writer and military historian who was on the scene.
Murphy, W,E. The Relief of Tobruk. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World Wan 1939-45. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch, 1961. Phi1lips, Brig. C.E. Lucas. Alamein. London: Heinemann,1962.
Pitt, Barrie, ed. Historv of tire Second World War". London: PurneIl, 1965-1969.
A series of detailed articles on World War II operations, weapons, techniques, published in periodical form; somewhatspotty in coverage and in the capabilities of the authors, but the Midd1e East articles are amongthe best of this very large collection.
P : 7r.Af F l:n S.O . The Mediterranean and the Middl-e East . VoIs . I , iTT T\7 United Kingdom, History of the Second World War, luiilit:nrr Series. London: HMSO,1954.
The official British history of the Midd1e East theater of World War II; Iike the other books of this series, it is thorough, well-written, and reliable.
Samwell, Major H.P. An Infantrv Officer with the Bth Army. London: Blackwood.6 Sons, 1945.
Seouller, Lt. CoI. J.L. Battle for Eqvpt: The Summerof 1942. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch, lqqq
$116w,W.B. Kennedy. Lonq-RanqeDesert Group. London: Collins Sons, 1945.
Smith, Douglas M. and Carnes, Cecil. American Guerilla. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merr,i11, 1-943.
Stamps, T. Dodson,and Esposito, Vincent J., eds. A Military Historv of World ldar II, t^/ith Atlas. West Point: USMA,1953.
Good account of operations of Wor1d War II by competent military writersl general, but not superficial, in coveragel perhaps -ire best possible source for r?the big picture. rr
Stevens, Maj. Gen. W.G. Eatdia to Enfidavillq. Official History of New Zealand in trre sffi+s, wellington: Departrnent of Internal Affairs, War History Branch, L962.
Strawson, John. The Battle for North nfrica. New York: Scribners, lqAq
Swinson, Arthur. The Raiders: Desert Strike Force. New York: Ballantine, 1968.
Tuker, Sir Francis. Approach to Batt1e. London: Cassell, 1963.
B United States War Department. Military Intelligence Service. The Development of German D . ;E==: vvocrrrrrguOll2 1942.
Verney, Maj. Gen. Gerlad L1oyd. The Desert Rats. London: Hutchinson, 1954.
fiillison, Br'ig. A.C. The Relief of Tobruk. London: Leagrave Press, n.d.
B. tVgrld War II Bioqraphv and Memoirs
Aie> Arthur, Sir George ComptonArchibald. From Wellington to WaveIl. London and Melbourne, 1342 Churchill, Sir Winston. The Second Wor1d War. 6 volumes. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, Im One of the great memoirs of military and literary history, by a man who has been described by one military historian as itthe eighth Great Captain of historyrtl provides the point of view and perspective of Middle East operetions of the man who was directing Britain?s war effort. CoIIins, Robert John. Lord Wavell (1883-1941): A Militarv Biographv. London: Hodder an@ Conne1l, John. {uchinleck. London: Casse1l, 1959. Fergusson, Bernard. WaveIl: Portrait of a qotq-l€r. London: Collins, 1961. Kocir, Lutz. Erwin Rommel: Die Wandlunq Eines Grossen Soldaten. Stuttgart: W. Gebauer, I950. Lewin, Ronald. Romme1- as Mif@. Princeton: Van Nostnand, lg'm'. Liddell Hart, Sir Basil, ed. The RommelPapers. London: Collins, r953. Gives in substantial detail an account of operations in the Western Desert, from the Axis point of view, by one of the great Germansoldiers of the war. 9 Iu{ontgonery, Field. Marshal sir Bernard. Memoir!_. r,ondon: co1lins, 1958. Moorehead, Alan- Montq-onqeqyi- n--Brqg-qgphy, London: Hami-rton, r94G. A well-wrirL-en biography by an excerlent writer, who linforturnateiy tends to take Montgomeryat Montoomeryrs evaluation. r.ner!;;Ti-1onl"l:n"u' , London: ' LJVJ. ------=.--wgye11, schorar an{_go_ldler. New york: Harcourt, tnA'wo Brace Rommel,Erwin. (See Liddell Hart, The Rommelpapers.) rRov;an-Robinson, Henry. waverl in the Middre East. London:: Hutchin- l/'\n n rl iichmidt, H.w. with Rommerin the Desert. London: Harrap, r95r. slim, hlilliam J. Defeat rnto victorv. London, 1956. rn the early pages of this book, possibly the best miritary memoirof world war Tr, by one of-Britainrs greatest generals of the war, there is somediscussion of ope"uiionr-in the lviiddle East . Young, Desmond. Rommel: The Desert Fox. New york: Flarper, 1950, A highly- romanticized picture of Rommelby a man who fought against him, but who becamea hero_worshiper. Young. Peter. Rommel. New york: Ballantine, 1971. c, ,qgyp,!. t. Gengal History Blaxrand, Gregory. ,@ Eter@. New york: Funk and Wagnaf Carman,W.Y. The Militarv Army., Its iforms from the phanaohs to tt-r" p"urE Elgood, Lt. c:1: P.G. Eqvpt and the Arrnv. London: oxford university Pr.ess, 1924 10 Kaplan, Irving, et al. Unite , l^Jashington: U.S. Governilent eri s 2 and 30 are nc I err:nf \ v..v. / one of a series of handbooks on various foreign countries, prepared for the Army by qualified scholars and regional specialistsl authoritative and reriable in its coverage of history, and of the operational characteristics of the armed forces. it. Napoleon in Eqvpt ?,rurcieau,E. gampaqnesModernes. 3 volumes. Paris: Charles- Lavauzelle, fl.d., c. 1930. Includes succinct analyses by a professional soldier,, of I.i:poleonts Egyptian and Syrian campaigns. chandler, David. The campaigns of Napoleon. New york: Macmillan, I v\h A good, reriabre account of Napoleon?s operations in Egypt and Syria. u,:dge, Theodore A . Napo leon . 4 vo lumes . Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, I qn/. Provides more detail, and possibly better anarysis than Chandler, but did not have available all of Chandlerts sources, and fal1s slightly short of Yorck von Wartenburgts brilliance in military analysis. t-,sr-ro:jto,V.J. and Elting, J.R., eds. I _Uflrtarv Uistorv anO n o-i the Napoleonic Wars. New york:-pAffi iielpful maps of Napoleonts operations in Egypt and Syria; like the other west Point Atrases, the text is too brief end superficial for serious strrdy. Goodspeed, Donald James. Napoleonts Eiqhtv Days. Boston: Houghton. Mifflin,1965. Herold, Jean christopher. Bonaparte in Eqvpt. New york: Harper 6 Row, L962. Yorck von Wartenburg, Maximilian. Napoleon as a General. 2 volumes. London, L897. Despite the availability of some new materials, to which yorck von Wartenburg did not have access, this rernains the classic militarv analysis of one of the Great Captains of history. 11 3. Eqvpt and the Sudan Chur.chill, Sir Winston S. Thq_River War. London: Eyre and Spotts- wood, 1899 Young Churchill, who led a troop of British cavalry in the cavalry change that won the Battle of Omdurman,describes Kitchenerrs expedition to Khartoum as a milirary participant. He was at the same time a military correspondent for a London paper, as well as a military historian. A typical Churchill bc.rok. Coll-ins, Robert O. The Southern Sudan. lBB3-1898. A Strugqle for Control. New Haven: YaIe University Press, 1962. Dye, tt/iiliam MeIntyre. l4oslem Eqvpt and Christian Abvssinia; Military Service Under the Khedive _. . . as Experienced bv the American 5l Dye was one of a group of American Civil War officer veterans who responded--vrith at least covert approval of the U.S. War Department--to an appeal from Egyptian Khedive Ismail for trained foreign military leaders to lead the Egyptian armies in a war with Abyssinia (1875-1879). For a numberof reasons, manyevident in this rare book, the Egyptians \^,ereunsuccessful, despite the capabilities of their Ieaders. Goodrich, Caspar Frederick. Report of the British NavaI and Militarv 9.!:"atlo"s in eqypt, IBB2. V'lashington: GovernmentPrinting Of lice, 1885. Great Britain. War Office. Intelligence Division. Militarv History of the Campaiqnof ]BB2 in Eqvpt. London: HMSO/Harrisont Sons, -.1 lR7 Jackson, Henry Cecil. The Fiqhting Sudanese. New York: Macmillan' 1954. Marlowe, John. Mission te Khartum: The Apotheosis of General Gordon. London: coTT@ inioorehead,AIan. Thq_wbi_le_Nile. New York: Harper 6 Row, 1971. Not a military history, but includes much information on military operations along this historic river, Stevens, George Warrington. With Kitchener to Khartum. New Yonk: Dodd, l,lead6 Co., 1898. LZ t.\ T ": l^.,- u. ltDYa- 1. General Itric1.-erson, .iane Soames. A Shont Higlg_rl gf__North _!furi_g_q,from Pre- Ronan Times-Devin-Fda-tt to the Present: Lf57a-, tunisia, E1qeria" Morocco. New-fotk: r96f: ir;.Ilard, Henry S. Libva. the New Arab Kinsdom in North Africa. Ithaca, N.Y.: CorneIl University Press, 1956. :. American Involvement in Barbarv Wars llcir'is36s,Sannuel (NoeI Bertram Gerson). Barbarv General; the Life of William H. Eatqn, EnglewoodCliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Ha11, 1968. Fclton, Cornelius C. !!fg_ef William Eqqon. New York: Sparks, 1844. liei:ca1fe, Clyde H. A History of the US Marine Corps. New York: Putnam, 1939. Rodd, Francis R. General Wm. Eaton. The Failure of an Idea. New York: Minton Balch, L932. l'uckerr G1enn. Dawn Like Thunder: The Barbarv WqrF and the Birth of t-he U.S-_!tg-W. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merril-1, 1 963, AJthough lacking the detail of someof the books listed above, this well-written book contains perhaps the best account of Eatonts Tripolitanian expedition, justly rememberedin lt{a::ine Corps song. 3. ItaIo-Turkish War, 1911-1912 Abl:ctt, George F. The HoIv War in Tripoli. New York: E. Arnold, 1912. Albertini, Luigi. The Origins of the War of 1914. Translated by J.M. Massey. New York: Oxford University Press ' L952. lsl Beehler, William H. The.Historv of the Italian-Turkish War. Annapolis: Privately published, 1913. 13 rtalian GeneralStaff. The rLelqfurkish war (19II-12). Translated by lst Lt. Renaro Tm;il klin Hudson, 1914. P.o11s, samcottingham. .steel_clrariots in the Desert; the story of an .Afmogre9-Car,DIiyS:I with the Duke ancjin Arabia with T.E. lawrence. London: J. Cabe, T937. E " The Honn of Africa 1. Abvssinia/Ethiopia and Eritrea. General .Darker,A.J. Eritrea 1941. London: Faber, 1966. Berkeley, G.F.H. The campaignof Adowaand the Rise of Menerik. DyerWilliam Mclntyre. !.4gslemEgypt and Christian Abyssinia; Militarv Service under the Khediu Dye was one of a group of American Civil War officer veEerans who responded--with at least covert approval of the u.s. war Department--to an appeal from Egyptian Khedive IsmaiI for trained foreign military leaders to read the Egyptian armies in a war with Abyssinia (1875-1879). For a numberof reasons, many evident in this rare book, the Egyptians were unsuccessful, despite the capabilities of their leaders. Jones, Arnold H.M. A History of Ethiopia. Oxford: Clarendon Press, l qqq Lipsky, George 4., et a1. Ethiopia. Washington: Governmentprinting Office, 1960. (Chapters 2 and 34 are lelerrenr ) One of a series of handbooks on various foreign countries, prepared for the Army by qualified scholars and regional specialists; authoritative and reliable in its coverage of history, and of the operational characteristics of the armed forces. l4oorehead, Alan . The BIue Ni Ie . NewYork: Harper 6 Row, 1962. Not a military history, but includes much information on military operations along this historic river. Napier, H.D. FieId Marshal Lord Napier of Maqdala. London: E. Arno1d, 1927. Includes a fascinating account of a rvell-conducted expedition into Abyssinia, commandedby one of the famous sons of one of Britaints most il-lustrious militarv families, I4 Pankhurst, E. syLvia. Ethiopia and Eritrea: the Last?hase of the Reunion Strugqle, House, 1953. Tregaskis, G. Elitrear-q.colonv in Tnansition. New york: oxford University Press, 1960. 2. Italian Conquestof Ethiopia, 1935-1936 Badogria, Pietro. The war in Abyssinia. New york: G.p. putnamrs Sons, 1937. Barker,.l.J, T=\eCi-glll?}nq llission: A Histonv of rhe Italo- Ethiopian War of 1935-tgj0 Boca, _Angelo deJ.- The Ethiopian war. 1935-1941. Tnansrated by p.D. Cummins, Chicago: Unive@ress, 1969. Bono, Emilio de. _Anno xfrTrl the conquest of an EmpiTe. London: The Cresset Press, 1957. comyn-Platt, sir Thomas, The lbvssinian storm. London: Jarrolds, Ltd., 1935. Del Va11,e,Pedro Augusto. RomanEaqles over Ethiopia. Harrisburg: ?he Military Senvice Pubtishing eo-., 1920-- Fiske, NormanE. Repo,lt gf a Militarv Observer with Italian Anmies in Eest Af r:tca.. Washington - U. S Fran-fr;-iffi. Ful1er, John F.C. The Finst Omens. London Haskell, Danier carr. Eth:iopia, and the rtaro-Ethio.pian conf lict, 1192.8-1936:A Selected List of References. New York: The New Yonk Publ-ic Library, 1936. Newman,Edward Williarn Polson. Italvrs Conque_stof Abyssinia. London: T. Butter(i,,orth, L937. Steer, George L. Caesar in Abvssinia. Boston: Little, Brown, L937. 3. Somalia/Somaliland carton de wiart, sir Adrian. Happv odv.ssev: The Memoirs of_Lt. Gen. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart. London: J. Capb, 1950. In the early pagesisabrief discussion of operations against the frMadl"lullahtt (Mohommedben Abdullah). Lewis, i,M. The Modern History of somalrilang. New York: praeger, 19G5. 15 IV, Israel/Palestj.ne ano Sinai A. Genejal..HiSt_oEz Aaronsohn, Alexander. with the Turks in pelgsline. Boston: Houghton t4ifflin, 1915 Abrahams, Israel. Campaiqns j-n Palestine from Alexander the Great. Chi6ago: Argo Berloc, Hilaire. The Battleqround; syria and palestine. the geedpot of Re 6. owen, George Frederj.ck. Abraham to the Mlddle,East crisis. Grand Rapids: eerdm Parkes, James. WhoseLand? A Hlstorv of the Peopl-esof palestine, London: PeTiiffi,-f5T'. B. ' -a-noTuikiiy.liiqrid Wan I- (See also t{orld hlar I entries under lraq/Mesopotami.a Balfour, Patrick, Baron Kinross. Ataturk. New york: 196s. A splendid biography of one of the great men of the 2oth century, probably the greatest Turkish sordier-statesman since Suleiman the Magnj.ficent. Bluett, Antony, With Our Army in Palesting. London: A. Melrose, 1919. Buchan, .Iohn. -A History_g{.the Grqat War. Vols. 2, 3, g 4. Boston: H A competent, detailed survey of operations of world war r, but does not provide signifieant mititary analysls. Falls, cyril. Armaqeddon: 1918. philadelphia: Lippincotte, 1964. Gardner, B::ian. AlIenlV. London: CasseII, f965. Gilner, Elias. !{gr gna Hope. A Historv of the Jewish Leqion. New York: Gullett, H.S. The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and pql_estine,, 1?14-1918. or 1914-1918. Sydney, 1938. 16 Kearsey, A, The Ope::aC_lg!g_-U1_EWptand Palestine, August, 1914, to June, 19L7. Aldershct: GaIe 6 Pc.,lcen,n.d. King. W,C, Kingrs Compl-eteHi.story of the lVorl-d War. Spring- field, l4ass.: The History Associates, L922. Liman von Sanders, Otto V,K. My Five Years in Turkey. Annapolis: Naval Institute, L927. An excellent acco.unt of World War I in Turkey by the chief of Germanyrs mllitary mission, who acted as the virtual operational ehief of staff of the Turkish Army, commanded the Turkish Fifth Army at Gallipo1i and by 1918 commanded aII the Turkish forces. Massey, W.T. Al-Ienbyrs Final- Triumph. New York: Dutton, L92O. ,lcEntee, Gerard L. Milit{rv_ Hlstorv of the World War, New York: Scribner?s, 1937. Probably the best general military account and analysis of al-l of the operat j.ons of Wor1d War I. Murray, Sir Archibald. Despatches, June 1916-June 1917. New York: Dutton , Lg-iO. An interesting, well-written apologia by one of Britainrs less gifted generals of World War I. Preston, R.M.P. The Desert ltou"tgg-Cogg. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, L92T-- One of the best, most detailed, and most interesting, accounts of Allenby?s operations in Palestine and Syria. gfa"nps, T. Dodscn, and Esposito, Vincent J. A Shcrt 111s1enyof v,lorld hlar I . West Point: USI4A,19 50 . Less detailed and comprehensive than McEnteets book, this excellent account and analysis gives Itthe big picture.r' Steuber, Dr. 'rJilderim.tr Deutsche Streitgr auf heih.gg! Bqden. Oldenburg: Gerhard Sta1ling, L922. V','ave11,Archibald P. The Pal@. London: Con- stabl -., Lg29 . Allenby - A Study irr Greatngss. New York: Oxford University Press, 1941. One of the great militany biographies of World War I, about 17 the man who rnay have been Britainrs greatest general of that war, by a man destined to become one of Britaint s g?eatest soldiers of World War II. c. Arab-Israel-i Wars 1. General and Pre-1948 AlLon, Yigal. The Makinq of Israelrs Armv. London: Val-entine 6 Mitchell, 1970. A splendid histor)/ of the development of the Haganah, whieh was to become the Israeli Army, by a man who played a lead- ing part in that development. . Shield of David. New York: RandomHouse, 1970. Arbel, Naftali. The Sword and the Pl-owsharer._-I_qlqe.11948-1968. Amir, 1968. Begin, Menahem. The Revolt: .Storv of the..Irqun. Translated by Shmuel fa Bell, rI. Bowher. The Long War; Israel and the Arabs.since 1946. Englewood Cliffs: Prentj.ce-Hal1, 1969. Ben-Gurion, David. Isrqe_Ii Years of Cha1lerc.. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and W Casper, Bernard M. With the rlewish Brigades. Edw. Go1dston, L947. Center for Strategic-Their and Internatlonal Studies. Paleelile Guemillas: CredibilitL and Effective7ffilEEhington: 19/0. Douglas-Home, Charles. The Arabs and Israel. London. Bodley Head. Edelman, Maurice. Dqgr4! _Jte Storv of gen Gurion. New York: Putnamts, 1965:- Heiman, Leo. trlsraeli Armyrs Strategical anC Tacti.cal Doctri.ne.rr Armor. Reprinted in An Cosantoir. VoI. 25, No. 1. '.Ianuary - l_yb5. Israel Mlnistny of Defence. . Te1 Aviv: Ministry of Oefenffi 1B Heymont, Col. Irving. 'rIsraeli Defense F'orces.tr Military Revj-ew. Vol. 47, No. 2. February L967. Hill, Ncrman, ed. Iprgel \,^ii11Win. New York: Popular Library, 'l q71 Horn, Maj. Gen. Carl von. -So@. New Yorl<: D. McKay, 1967. Ht:rewitz, J.C. The Stjnuggle for Palestine. New York: lr[erron 1950. Kagan, Binyamin. The Secret Battle for Israel. Translated by Patsy Southga shing Co., 1966. Keesingrs Research Report. The 'l Arab-Israeli Conftict. New York: Scr,ihnerrs- q68. Kemp, Geoffrey. Arms and Security: The Egypt-Israel Case. London: Institute for Strategic Studies, 1968. Kotler, Shirneon. rrlsrael from a Military Poirrt of View.tt Irish Defence Journal.. Vol. 19, No. 3, March 1959. Larteguy, ,.Iean. The Wal1s of Israel_. New York: Evans, 1970. ilezerik, Avrahim G-., ed. The suez canar 1956 crisis - 1967 vJar, etc. New York: Inte Pearlman, Mauri-ce. The Army of Israel. New York: philoso- phical Libraryrffi Pepper, curtis G. t'Hawkof rsrael.rr The New York rirnes Masazine. .Iu1y 9, L967. Per'es, Shimon. Davidrs Sling. New Ycrk: RanciomHouse, L970. Rivli-n, Lt. CoI. Gershon. Israel Defense Army: 1948-1958; A Pictorial leview. Isr ffi Robinson, Donald B. Under Fire: Israelrs 20-Year Strugqle for Sury_iYql. New York: Nortonr-I5EEr- Rolbant, Samuel. The Israeli Sofdler: Profile of an Army. South Brunswickr N. . Safran, Nadav. From War to War: The Arab-Israeli Confrontation,' 1948-1961. t9 Stevenson, Willianr. ZgAek: 3 Chronicle of the Israeli Air Force. New York Waters, M.P. Haganah: The Stcry oLJewisir Self Defence in Palestine. London: NewmanWolsey, L947. 2, I94B War Avnery, Yrie. "The Battle that Saved Tel Aviv.'r Comlnentely. VoI. I0, No. 4. October, 1950. Dov, 'Joseph. The Faithful Citv; The Sieqe of Jerusalemr 1948. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Ginzburg, Devora. Jerusalem War Diary. TeI Aviv: WIZOZionist Educaticn Dept., 1950. Glubb, Sir .Iohn B. A Soldier With the }rabs. New York: Harper, L957. Probably the most reliable account, with a pro-Arab bias, of military operati.ons between Israeli and rlordanian forces in the 1948 War; particularly useful is the account of the Battle of Jerusalem. Kimche, David and Kimche, '.Ion. A Clash of Destilies.-The AfeLqqUiqb War and t . New York: Praeger, IgTN. Kurzman, Daniel. Genesis 1948. The First Arab-Israel War. New York: World, 1970. Levin, Hamy. I Saw the Batl1e of Jerusatem. New Ycrk: Schocken Books, 1950. Lorch, Lt. Co}. Netanel. The Edge of the Sword: Israelts War of Independence. 19+7 Generally considered to be the best, most comprehensive and, next to Glubb, most rel-iable book about the I94B War; naturally has a pro-Israeli bias. OrBallance, Edgar. The Arab-Israeli War. 1948. New York: Pnaecrer'- 1957. ttPalestine Army ----\6T. . and Afterwards.'r Thg Quarterly. 68, No. 1, April 1954. Pearlman, Noshe. The Arrny of Israel. New York: Philosophical T,ihnanv - f950 . 20 1948-L955 Hutchison, Elmo H. Violent Truce: A Mllitary Observer Looks at the Arab-Isr in- T;;;;-1 Stcck, Ernest. Israel on the Road to Sinai, 1949-1956. fthaca: Cornell Uni 4. 1955 War Barker, A.*J. Suez. The Seven-DalWar. New York: Praeger, 1965. Barer, Shlomo. The V'leekendWar. New York: T. Yoseloff , 19G0. Beaufre, Andr6. l . New York: Grosset and Dunlap, L967. By the ccmmandercf the French conti.ngent, cne of the most respected modern French military analysts. Bromberger, Meruy, and Bromberger, Serge. Secrets of Sqez. Translated by James Cameron. London: ffi2. Burns, Lt. Gen. E.L.M. BetweenArab and Israeli. New York: I. Obolensky, 1963. Cavenaugh, Alexander J. McMumough. Airborne to Suez. London: W. Kimber, 1965, Cli:ilders, Erski-ne. The Suez War. London: MacGibbont Kee, 1962. Clark, D.M.J. Suez Touchdown: A Soldier?s Tale. London: Davies, 19 Da;,'-ep.Maj. Gen.-Moshe. Diary of the Sinai Campaignl_956. Londcn: Sphere Bocks, L967. Unquestionably the most authoritative book on the 1956 cam- paign, by the Israeli commanderin chief, whose reputation was made by the campiagn; it is particularly interesting to reaci tiris after reading the Henriques book; see below. 2t Fa11, Bernard. ttTheTwo sides of the sinai campaign.rt Military Review. Vol. 37, No. 4. .Tuly 1957. Henriques, Robert. A FlundredHou.rs to Suez: An Account of Israelts y"',,F,"rgr,rr-*^--: ^* .:,n the . irlewYOrk: Viking, 1957. A fairly well-written, highly-personalized account of the process of writing a book; the author?s pro-Israeli bias prevented him from realizing that he was being used as a propaganda sounding-board by the Tsraeli army; after reading i-hisr one should read the Dayan book (see above). ttoperation l.risn Oefence nevl . Kadesh: The Palestine Campaignof March: 1957.'t VoI. 18, No. 3. March 1958. Johnson, PauI. The Suez War. London: MacGibbon6 Kee, 1957. Leulliette, st. Michael and the Dragon: Memoirs of a Paratrooper. Boston: Hougrhton, Mif f lin , L964. r?Operations .!g!ggn Jagg!!g. in Egypt - November to December, 1956.?' I v\ / Love, Kennett. Suez: The Twr_g-g_-Eggghlldgl. New York: McGraw- Hi11, 1969.---- Marshall, S.L.A. Sinai Victonv. NewYork: Morrow, 1958. One of the better examplesof the S.L.A. Marshalt qenius for writing operational history; he was gi_vensome assis- tance by the Israelis--though not as much as Henriques received--but the book owes most of its value to sound evaluation of observed evidence. O t Ballance, Edgar. The Sinai C_appsiglg!_195_q. New York: Praeger, 'l n QA,O *JVV- Robertson, Terence. Cri-qrs: The Inside Story of the Suez conspiracv. l,onffi, rgos Thomas, Hugh. The Suez Affaiq. London: Weidenfeld t Nielxrl.sorr, 1956. 5. 1967War Bandy, Ruth, et aI. Mission Survival. New York: Sabra Books, 22 Barkay, Mordebhay. !ltlt_-u_!__frt: q1|!!_e i ,T_hS--g:_X:!Sy War as Told .!'y the Fighrgri;. T. 1l:vjv: LcrdoiyllS6-9.--. Ft,=ltar, Refael. T!@"y war of 1967. chicago: Quadrang'le, 1968. Ben-Elissar. La Guerre rsraelo-Arabe, 5-10 .luin 1967. paris: u ull-laro , L'J6 / . Benson, Alex, ed. The 48-Hour War: The Arab-Israeli Conflict. fl'l Pub, 1967. rrThe B1a.nchard, All_an E. 6-Day War.tt Army. Vol. L7, No. B. August 1967. Braverman, Libbie L, and Silver, Rabbi SamuelM. The Six-Day Wamiors. NewYork: Bloch, 1969. '?The Brown, Neville. Third Arab-fsraeli War.r' The World Today. Vol-. 23, No. 7. ,JuIy, Lg67. Byfo::d-Jones, wilfred. The Liqhtning war. London: Hate, Lg67. churchill, Randolph D. and churchill, winstcn s. The six-Dav war. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. 'lommanders - of the six-Day war and Their Battl_e Reponts. Tel Aviv: Dayan, David. sltike Firgr_(A Bartle Hisrory of rhe six-Dav war). New York: Pitman, ]967. Dayan, Yabl. lsrael ,.lournar. June, 1967. New yorl<: l4cGraw- HiI1,196mnLondon'-byWeidenfe1dtNico1son, as A Soldierts Diary: Sinai 1967.) Donovan, Robert,.I., et al. Six Days in June: lsrael?s Fight fcr Survivgl. N-ew%rk. Eredr_E., pictorial g *. .Israe_l at War, rlune 5-l_0, 1967: A Record. London: Valentin Hashovia, Arye. A niltorv or tne s*-oav w . Tel Aviv: Lerdory, 1967. trwar Heirnan, Lec. in the Middle East: An rsrael-i View." Mflilgry Review. Vol. 47, No. 9. September, L967. Howard, Mj-chaer Erlot. rsraer and the Arab world: The crisis of I9q. Londcn: tns 23 Irving, Cliffcrd. -XEwThe Batt-le-Yo-f,:--Macm of .Ierusalem, The Six-Dav War of June L967, ifTanl-T9 7-O. By the author of Fake; subsecuent publicized events raise scme cruestion as to the authorrs reliability. Kr':rche, David and Bav;1y, Ilan. The Sanclstorm: The Arab-Israeli War of June 1967. Prelude :---.=_-----;-:.:-:-_.and Aftermath. New York: Stern Kosut, Hal, ed. fsrael and the Arabs: The June 1967 War. New York: Facts on f'iler--I96&- Lacrueur, walter. The Road to war. 19G7. Baltimore: penguin, 1969. i'4arsha1lr S.L.A. Slvift Sword: The Historical Record of Israelts Victorv. J-une Not up to the standard of his book cn the previous war. Prettie, Terence. Israel: Miracle in the Desert. Baltimore: Penguin, l-968. Rouleau, Held, Lacouture. rsraer et les Arabes. Le 3emecombat, Paris: rluillard, L967. "The schleifer, s. Abdurrah. Fall of Jerusarem.r' The rlournal of Bglg$+ne Studies. VoI. l, No.1, Autumn, l97f An eyewitness account, by a parestinian Arab (Jewish by birth) which blames the loss of the city on Jordanian cowardi-ce and ineptitude; the allegations have been better"tr., cleniort by .Iordanian military men. Shanam,Nathan. Israel_ Defense Forces. the Six-Day War. Mordechai Bar-On, ed. 6q shapira, Avraham, et ar., eds. The seventh Day: sol-diersr Talk About the SixTay War. nal Skousen, willard cleon. Fantastic victcry; rsgae].rs Rendezvous with Destiny. Salt stevenson, wiIliam. rsraeli victorv. London: corgi Book, 1967. . Strike Zion! New york: Bantam Books, L967. I'Terrible swift war.'? Newsweek. vor. 69, No. 25. June 19, 1967. Teveth, shubtai. The Tanks of Tammuz. New york: viking, l-969. 24 '?The 3-Day Britz from Gaza to suez.tr u,s. Neraist hlorrd Report. VoJ-. 62, No. 25. June 19, 1967. Tudnor, .Joshua. The Silent Warriors. New York: Macmillan, 1969. I'Israelj.s i'ietmore, Warren C. Relied on Helicopters for Movement of Troops, Logistics Suppcrt, pilot Rescue.rr Aviation Week and Space Technolgqy. Vol_. 87, Nc. s. July 3I;T967.- "Wrap-up of the Astounding War." Life. VoI. 62, No. 25. June 23, 1967. Young, Peter. The Israeli Campaiqn, 1967. London: W. Kimber, 10e-7 LJW T . V. The Arab States of Southwest Asia A. Arabia and the Arabs 1. Arab History, General Benoist-Mechinr'.Jaccues,G.P.M. Arabian Destiny. Translated by Denis hJeaver. London: E@. Berque, .Iacques. TLrgAraPs; .t-hei,qHistory -and Future. Trans- Iated by llean Stewarf. . Glubb, Lt. Gen. rlohn B. war, in lhg Desertj_an RAF Frontier \-qrtrrclrL,lr.l-r -vf^ - - '- London: Hodder E Stcughton, 1960. A fascinating account of the concl-uding phase of one of the least-known wars of the 20th century--the struggre between rbn saud and the Hashemltes for the control of Arabia--by a particj_pant on the Hashemite side. --Eenri@. The Empi.re olthg Ug!g. Englewood C1iffs, N..I.: A British soldier, who spent most of his adult rife fighting- with and against Arabs, and who created the most effective Arab military force of modern times--.Jordanrs Arab Leqion-- appraises Arab history from a nri-ritary and schorarly i:.ew point. . The Great Arab Concruests. EnglewoodCtiffs, N.J.: Prentj-ce Ha11, 1964. See comment on prevl_ous book. 25 Harra phr tan K. Histcry of the Arabs. Londcn: Macmillan, 1963. Kimche, Seven Fallen Pillars, The MiW. .Ion. ._--....::=_- London: Secker t Warburg, 1950. 2. Worl.d War I Arabian Ca*paigns T.rt^lr"r:nna T tr . : a- a Revo1t in the Desert. New York: George H. l)nr.an- 1q27 . A brief account--condensed from what would be published as The Seven Pillars of Wisdomr see below--of a fascinating cam imPortance bY one of the rnost unicrue of Britaints qallery of heroes. Undoubtedly he was a man of genius (although not necessarily mititary genius), but Lawrencers relatively insignificant role in World War I has been exaggerated by many admirers, in part because of these ttnio bool --ffiy . Seven Pillars of Wisdcm. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden P See comment on Drevious book. Mikusch, Dagrobert. Wassmqss der deutsche Lawrence. LeiPsig: PauI List, L937, Mousa, Suleiman. T.E Lawrence: An Arab View. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. Rolls, SamCottingham. Steel Charlots in lhe Des.ert:. The Slorv of an Armoured-Car Driver with the Duke-Lorfion: of Westminster -J. -eape, in 3. Saudi Arabia Howarth, David A. TI,S qese"t Kinq: Ibn Sau . New York: t"tcG MeuJ.en,Van der. (See Van der Meulen, be1ow.) Philby, Harry St.J.B. Saudi Arabia. London: Benn, 1955. Twltchell, i(.S. Saudl Arabia. Princeton: Princeton University Press,1958. Van cler Meul-en. The Wells of lbn Sand. 1957. 26 WaIpoIe, NormanC., et aI. Saudi Arabia. Washingiton: Government Printing Office, 1966. One of a series of handbooks on varlous foreign countries, prepared for the Army by oualified schola:rs and regional specialistsl authoritative and reliable in its coverage of history, and of the operational characteristics of the armed fcrees, 4, %men Ingrams, William H. The Yem_en;Imarns. Rulers. and Revclutions. New York: Praeger, 1964. B. Jordan Dearden, Ann. .Jordan. London: R. HaIe, 1958. Glubb, Sir John B. A Soldier with the Arabs. NewYork: Harper, 1957. Probably the most reliable account, wj.th a pro-Arab bias, of military operations between Israeli and *Iordanian forces in the 1948 War; particularly useful is the account of the Battle of Jerusalem. -----ffi'ushm. The Story of the Arab Legion. London: Hodder 6 Although this could not be an objective account, since Glubb was the founder and first commanderof the Legiont this is the best book cf several on the subject. . Syri.a. Lebanon, Jordan. New York: Walker, L967. An analysis of an important aspect of ttthe Arab problemrr by a man who probably understands the Arabs as well as any Westerner. War in the Desert. London: Hodder 6 Stoughtonr 1960. A fasclnating account of the concluding phase of one of the l-east-knc\^rn wars of the 20th Century--the struggle between Ibn Saud and the Hashemj-tes for the eontrol of Arabla--by a participant on the Hashemite side. 27 Hussein'KingofJordan.Une@'NetrlYork:Heineman, 1962. . Mv War with Israel. New York: Morrow, 1959, Jarvis, C1aude Scudamore. F.G. Peake Paslre. l,on Lias, Godfrey. Glubbts Leqion. London: Evans Bros., 1956. Young, Peter. Bedouin Comm . London: W C. Syria (See also World War I entries under Israel/Palestine, Turkey, and I raq/Mesopotarnia) Belloc, Hilaire. TI9 Batt1e_ground: 9vrie*_qfd Bgle_s!f4.qr__!lp_S_g1Cp_oJ of Reliqion, @IIFpIncoEE, rgso G1ubb, Sir John B. Svria. Lebanon" Jordan. New York: Wa1ker, 1967. An analysis of an irnportant aspect of ?tthe Arab problemtr by a man who probably understands the Arabs as well as any Westerner, Kaplan, Irving, et aI. Svria. Washington: GovernmentPrinting Office, 1965. One of a series of handbooks on various foreign countries, pre- pared for the Army by qualified scholars and regional speciaS-ists; authoritative and neliable in its coverage of history, and of the operational characteristics of the armed forces. D.@(Seea1soWor1dWarIunderTurkey,underArabia, and under Israel/Palestine) t. World ldar I Birch-Reynardson, Henry T. Mesopotamia. 1914-1915. London: A, Melrose, 1919. Braddon, Russell. The Seiqe. (Kut eI Amara). New York: Viking' 1969. Burne, Lt. Col. A1fred H. Mesopotamia: The Last Phase. Aldershot: GaIe E Polden, 1956. Dupulz,Trevor Nevitt and Hayes, Grace Person. The Campaiqnson the Turkish Fronts. VoI. 5. The Military History of World War f. ffiktin watts, r9G7. Great Britain. War.Office. General Staff. Militarv Report on Mesopotamia (Iraq). London: HMSO,1922-1928, 2B Kearsey, Alexander. A Study of the Strategy and Tactics of the L{9€!po!,q[i_a !u*p@--ETd6Fs ffin, nrl McEntee, Gerald^L...Mil+talv History of the World War. New York: C. Scribneris Sons, 1943. Probably the best gen*al miritary account and analysis of a1f of the operati.ons of World War I. Mj-'l-rar, Rcnald. Death of an Lqqrr: The siegre of Kut, r9L5-1916. Boston: Hou Townshend, Sir Charles V.F. M in Me qrrtJct. London: Tliornton Butterworth, 1920. Apologia by a general who, despite substantlal competence, was the only British World War I army commande:rto sumender his army. 2. Wor1d War II Great Britain. war office. Paiforce. The officiar story of rhw Persia and rrac commEffi--F4t-r946. London: Hi"Ico, 1948. SIim, Field Marshal Williarn. Le.ft:at Into Victory. London: Cassells, 1955. In the early pages of this book, possibly the b est military memoir of World War II, by one of Britainrs greatest generals of the war, there is sornediscusslon of operations in the Middle East. 3. The Kurds and Kurdistan Eag,leton, VJilliam. The Kurdish Republic of 19-46. New york: Oxforci Universi Kj-nnane, Derk. The Kurds and Kurdistan. London: Oxford Uni- versity Pre 29 E. Lebanon (See also Syria; Israel/Palestine, before 1945) Glubb, Sir John B. Svria, Lebanon. Jordan. New york: Walker, 1967. An analysj.s of an important aspect of ?the Arab problemrt by a man who probably understands the Arabs as weII as any Westerner. Hitti, Philip Khuri. Lebanon in Historv. from the Earriest Time,s to the lres 1957. VI. The Northern Tier A. ?urkey (See also Kurdistan, under lrac/Mestopotamia) 1. General Historv Adivar, Ha1ide Edib. Conflict of East and West in Turkev. r.ahnipr S.M. Ashraf . c. Al1en, w.E.D. gr,d_Muratoff paul. caucasian Battlefierds; A , -C g]g!_o.qy=,oHistorv of--;f_!-hE_!se1e4!e_Twco the- aucE@- ?;r-F;--L929. Cambridcre:Cambridge:: . i--- eeamb creasy, Edward shepherd. Historv of the ottoman Turks. Beirut: .llilayaE ' s, Iybl-. Kees, capt. william G. The ottoman Aply in the crimean war.* Unpublished thesis.@ Lamb, Harold. suleiman the Magnificent. Garden city: Doubre- day, 1951.-- Luke, Sir Harry Charles ,.Ioseph. The Old Turkey and the New: from Byzantium to Ankara. L Merriman, Roger B. ..Suleiman the Magnificent, l_520-1566. Cambridge,Mas s@ TFffi44.- prophet. Murphy, Lt. Col. C.C.R. %Soldiers of the London: Hogg, 1921. Prlce, Morgan Phi.lips. A-$istoTy, of Turkey, from Empire to Republic. London: Allen E Unwi.n, l_956. *Included here because of its general description of the Turkish Army of the time. 30 2. World Viar I and Aftermath (See also World War I under rabia, and under lraq/Mesopotamia) Balfour, Patrick. Baron Kinross. A!g!gq\. New York: W. Momow, 1965. A splendid biography of one of the grreat men of the 20th Century, probably the greatest Turkish soldier-statesman sj.nce Suleiman the Magnificent. Bean, C.E.W. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1 I8. Sydney, L923. Callwell, Sir Charles E. The Dardanelles. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, L924. Churchi1l, Sir Wlnston S. The World Crisis. Volumes 213 and 5. New York: Scrlbnertsrffi Volumes 2 and 3 deal with World War I operations; other than for his part in the Dardanelles-Gallipoli operations, Churchlll played no significent role in },liddle East oPera- tlons; however, this is stiIl sound, analytical military hlstory based on prlmary and secondary sources; volume 5, originally called The Af$gth, covers the Greek-Turkish WarofLg2I-22and-6ffiEwhichChurchi11deaItwith from a Cabinet post j.n London. Dupuy,- - Trevor Nevitt, and Hayes, Grace Person. The Campaigns on tfre Turkish Front. VoI. 5', The Mllitary H@ ffi Frankrin watts, 1967. Falls, Cyril. Armageddon: I9I8. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1964. Great Britain. Dardanelles Cornmission. Tne finaf neport, of Dardanelles Commission. Part II - Co@ns. Hamilton, Ian. 9allipoli Diarv. New York: Doubleday, 1920. Interesting, well-written account of the disastrous Gallipoli Campaigrn,by the British commanderl it is inter- esting and useful to nead this in comparison with obser- vations from the other side by Liman von Sanders. .James,Robert Rhodes. GalliPoli. London: B.T. Batsford, 1965. The most recent, and posslbly most scholarly, account of this very controversial campaign. 31 King,,W.C. Kingrs Cglnplgje.Histgry of the WgTlg War. Spring- field, Includes one of the few relatively eomplete aecounts in English of the Greek-Turkish war of L92L-L922. Liman von Sanders, Otto V.K. My Five Yqa!s4l{Lgy,. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Insitute, Ig27- An excellent account of World War I j.n Turkey by the chief of Germanyrs military mission, who acted as the virtual operational ehief of staff of the Tunkish Army, commanded the Turklsh Fifth Army at Gatlipoli and by 19IB commanded all the Turkish fonces. McEntee, Gerald L. Militarv HisForv of the ldorld vrlar. New York: Scribnerts, 1937. Probably the best general mllitary account and analysis of aII of the operations of World War I. Moorehead, Alan. Gallipoli. New York: Harper, 1956. Perhaps the most-widely read account of the Ga}lipoli campaign by one of Britainrs most-accomplished modern military his- tori-ans. Puleston, William D. The Dar@. Annapolis: NavalInstitute, ffi- Sanders, Otto V.K. tj.man von. (See Liman von Sanders) F. Iran (See also Kurdistan, under lrao/Mesopotamia) ? Avery, Peter, Modern Inan. London: Ernest Benn, 1965. Great Britain. VJarOffice, Paiforce. The official story of the Persia and Iraq CommEifr?.-f341-1946. London: Hi,iSO, 1948. Lockhart, Lawrence. Nadir Shah. London: Luzac, 1938. Syl 32 VII. Technjques and Weapg]rsof Desert Warfare* Cal.Iwell, E.C. Small Wars. London: Hanj.scn B Sons, 1899. Tactical and doctrj.nal lessons derived from British opera- tions against irnegular forces, including desert and mountain rvarfare in the Middle East. Hogg, Ian V. The Guns: 1939-1945. New York: Ballantine, 1970. -_fo . Bar . New York: Ballantine, Kirk, .Iohn, and Young, Robert, Jr., Great Weapons of World War II. New York: Wa1ker, 1961. Macksey, Kenneth. Panzer Division: The Mailed Fj.st. New York: Ballantiner 196 -----TTTtan. Tank Force: Al1ied Armor in World War II. New York: MeIIer, Sidney L. ThlDeqeft Trainlncr Center and C-AMA. Washing- ton: Historic . Pitt, Barrier €d. History of the Second World War. London: PurneII, 1966-1969. A series of detailed articles on World War II operations, weapons, techniques, published in periodlcal form; somewhat spotty in coverage and in the capabilities of the authors, but the Middle East artj.cles are among the best of this very large collection. Spielberger, Walter J. and Feist, Uwe. Armor j.n the Western Desert. Fallbrook, Calif.: Aero Publishers, 1968. Toppe, Alfred. Desert Warfare: German Experience in World War II. H. Heitman, U.S. European Command,c. 1952. Truby, John O. Thq.Topo$raphy, Climate, and Water B.esources of the Hasa Region of Saucij.Arabia and Their Effeet on Pos-sib Milita erations In that Area. Eve.nston: rthwestern niversity Pr"oss, 1952. '! See Bibliography (Unctassified) of HEROstudv Tank/Ranoe Experielce for Tank and Antitank Weapons, 1969 (NATO SECRET) 33 U.S. War Department. Military Intelligence Servj.ce. Srtill-sgy in the Desert. Washington: GPO, 1942. Military Intelligence Division. Battle of the Omars. Washington, 1-942, . Military Intelligence Service. GermanMethods of Warfare in the Libvan Desert. Washingffi . Military Intelligence Service. The Development of German Defensj-ve Tactics in Cyrenaica-194l. Wbshingfon, 1942. VIII. Air Operations and Technj.cues A. Ncrth Africa - World War II Baumbach, Werner. The Life and Death of the Luftwaffe. New York: Ccvrard-McCann, Bekker, Cajus. The Luftwaffe Wer piaries. Garden City: Double- day, 1966. Caidin, Martin. Mq:1.09i Wil1v Messerchmittrs Peerless Fighter, New Yonk: g Craven. Wesley F. and Cate, tlames L. &qtqpe - TORCHTO POINTBLANK. The Army Air Forces in World War University of Chieago Press, L949. Galland, Ado1f. The First and the Last. New York: Henry HoIt, 1954. Guedalla, Philip. Middle East. 1940-1942- A Studv in Air Power. London: Hcdder and Stoughton, L944. Gurney, Gene. Five Dcwn and Glorv. New York: Putnam, 1958. Houart, Vj.ctor. Desert Squadron. London: 1959. Killen, .Tohn. A History cf tle Luftwaffe. Garden City: Double- day, 1967. Lee, Asher. ThS GermanAir Force. New York: Harpen, 1945. Maemj.llan, Capt. Nonman. The Royal Air Force in the Wor1d War. Vol. III. London: Hm 34 Mason, Francis K. The Hawker li_urrlcane. London: Macdonald, L962. McDowelr, Ernest R. and Hess, wi,tliam N. checkertail cran: The i25th:Fig!t-gr Grolrp in Nor,th Africa a Aero Publishers, 1970. Ncwama, Hei-nz rI. The Messerehmitt 109 - A FamousGerman Fiqhter. Letchworth: H Price, Alfred. The Luftwaffe: Birth, Life, and Death of an A i r. Fnrna Ricirards, Denis and saunders, Hitary. Historv of the Roval A_ir Force - 1939-1945, London: HMSO,1961. Iiobertson, Bruce. spitfire - The storv of a Famous Fighter. l- Letchworth: H Shores, Christophen, and Ring, Hans. Fighters over the Desert. New York: Arco, l-970. Vader, .Iohn. Spitfire. New York: Ballantine, 1969. v'rhitehouse, Arch. Fighters in the skv. New york: Nova, 1965. rrl,Vorld War.II in the Air.' AgIo Al-bum. Vols. 3, Nos. 3-4, 1970; VoI. 4, No. 1-4, 1971. B. Southwest Asia Ar,tiation Week and Space Technology Repnint. The Middle East Ai,r War. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. Dawson, ..f.E. ttThe Air War in the Midd1e East.tt Air Force and Space Diqest. Vcl. 50, No. B, August 1967. SLesso::, Sir ,.Iohn C. The Central Blue. Londcn: Cassell, 1956. Not specifically on the Middle East; however, its comments a on use of air power against desert irregular forces is relevant. Stevenson, l{iIliam. Zanekl A Chnoniele of the Israeli Air Force. New York: Viking, 1971. Tennant, Lt. CoI. ,.J.E. In the Clouds over Begttdad. London: Cecil Palmer, 1920. 'rKiss Witze, Claude. in the Desert.'r 4!r . Vol. 50, No. 7, July L967. 35