The Nek. A Gallipoli Tragedy

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: Revised

Description: 167 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: On 7 August 1915, in an ill-fated attempt to break the stalemate at Gallipoli, hundreds of Australian light horsemen repeatedly charged the massed rifles and machine-guns of the Turkish soldiers. The charge at The Nek has been immortalised in art, literature and film and has come to epitomise both the futility and courage of the Gallipoli campaign. In this classic book, Peter Burness provides the best account ever published of the formation and training of the Light Horse regiments (including profiles of the officers involved), the battle itself and a careful consideration of how the suicidal charges were allowed to continue when any hope of success was lost. For this new edition, the author has updated the text to include new information that has come to light since the book was first published in 1996, and he has also provided new maps and photographs.

ISBN: 9781921966101