The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The German and other Central Powers Armies The Ottoman Army
RCC7627
Year of The Locust. A Soldier's Diary and the Erasure of Palestine's Ottoman Past
by Salim Tamari
ISBN
9780520259553
Purchase Price
£14.16 (second hand)
Date Purchased
February 12, 2018
Publisher
University of California Press (2011, Berkeley, Los Angeles & London)
Notes
This book captures the collapse of the Ottoman world and also the pivotal moment in Palestine history. It is the diary of an ordinary recruit, Ihsan Hasan-al-Turjonan (1893 - 1917) who was the first ordinary recruit to describe the war from the Arab perspective. He was stationed in Jerusalem and describes life in the besieged city.
9780520259553
Purchase Price
£14.16 (second hand)
Date Purchased
February 12, 2018
Publisher
University of California Press (2011, Berkeley, Los Angeles & London)
Notes
This book captures the collapse of the Ottoman world and also the pivotal moment in Palestine history. It is the diary of an ordinary recruit, Ihsan Hasan-al-Turjonan (1893 - 1917) who was the first ordinary recruit to describe the war from the Arab perspective. He was stationed in Jerusalem and describes life in the besieged city.
