Author: MCLAUGHLIN, REDMOND
Title: The Escape of 'The Goeben' : Prelude to Gallipoli
Description: London, Seeley, Service & Co. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0854220836) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Page torn caused by publisher's fault of not separating two pages - no effect on text. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 180pp. An account of the event at the outbreak of the First World War when British ships allowed the German battlecruiser 'Goeben' to escape in the Mediterranean. This event had the effect of forcing Turkey into the war and was disastrous for the British side. Very Good/Near Fine.

Keywords: First World War, History, Military, Gallipoli Military 0854220836


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