Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. List of Illustrations and Photographs
6. Acknowledgements
7. Introduction
8. Chapter 1: Hardinge at Bay
9. Chapter 2: Mesopotamia and its Oil
10. Chapter 3: Invasion and the Capture of Basra
11. Chapter 4: The Capture of Kurnah
12. Chapter 5: Chitrál Charlie, his Regatta and the Capture of Amara
13. Chapter 6: The Capture of Kut
14. Chapter 7: What Next?
15. Chapter 8: Advance to Ctesiphon
16. Chapter 9: The Pyrrhic Victory at Ctesiphon
17. Chapter 10: The Retreat to Kut
18. Chapter 11: The Siege: Early Days, December 1915
19. Chapter 12: January 1916: The Battles of Sheikh Saad and the Wadi River
20. Chapter 13: February–March 1916: The Battle of the Dujaila Redoubt
21. Chapter 14: April 1916: The Battle of Sannaiyat and Capitulation
22. Chapter 15: Aftermath
23. Chapter 16: The Inquiry
24. Chapter 17: The Debate
25. Chapter 18: Responsibility – the Reckoning
26. Appendix A: Whatever Happened to Old …?
27. Appendix B: Witnesses Who Appeared Before the Mesopotamia Commission
28. Appendix C: An Analysis of Kipling’s Mesopotamia
29. Bibliography

Guide

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. List of Illustrations and Photographs
6. Acknowledgements
7. Introduction
8. Chapter 1: Hardinge at Bay
9. Chapter 2: Mesopotamia and its Oil
10. Chapter 3: Invasion and the Capture of Basra
11. Chapter 4: The Capture of Kurnah
12. Chapter 5: Chitrál Charlie, his Regatta and the Capture of Amara
13. Chapter 6: The Capture of Kut
14. Chapter 7: What Next?
15. Chapter 8: Advance to Ctesiphon
16. Chapter 9: The Pyrrhic Victory at Ctesiphon
17. Chapter 10: The Retreat to Kut
18. Chapter 11: The Siege: Early Days, December 1915
19. Chapter 12: January 1916: The Battles of Sheikh Saad and the Wadi River
20. Chapter 13: February–March 1916: The Battle of the Dujaila Redoubt
21. Chapter 14: April 1916: The Battle of Sannaiyat and Capitulation
22. Chapter 15: Aftermath
23. Chapter 16: The Inquiry
24. Chapter 17: The Debate
25. Chapter 18: Responsibility – the Reckoning
26. Appendix A: Whatever Happened to Old …?
27. Appendix B: Witnesses Who Appeared Before the Mesopotamia Commission
28. Appendix C: An Analysis of Kipling’s Mesopotamia
29. Bibliography

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