Kitchener's War: British Strategy from 1914 to 1916

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Summary: An superbly researched and meticulously detailed account
Review: Kitchener's War: British Strategy From 1914 To 1916 by George H. Cassar (Professor of Military and Modern European History, Eastern Michigan University) is an superbly researched and meticulously detailed account of Horatio Herbert Kitchener who recruited a British force of almost three million men to defeat German's ambitions and defend British interests in the first two years of World War I. To this purpose Kitchener also supplied armaments to the Russian army while pursuing a policy of careful attrition in France. Drawing upon unpublished sources ranging from government documents to private papers of generals and politicians, Professor Cassar brings a fresh and more complete understanding to Kitchener's controversial role in the Dardanelles campaign, the Arab revolt against Turkey, British operations in Africa, and his relations with colleagues and Allied leaders. No personal or academic World War I Military Studies collection can be considered complete or comprehensive without the inclusion of George H. Cassar's Kitchener's War!