Description

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The classic account of one of the most tragic battles in modern history.

“The story is told superbly. Because Mr. Moorehead knows what a battlefield looks, smells, and sounds like, the reader gets the ‘feel’ of the battle....I have read no better descriptive writing about either world war.” — Drew Middleton, New York Times

When Turkey unexpectedly sided with Germany in World War I, Winston Churchill as First Sea Lord for the British conceived a plan of smashing through the Dardanelles, reopening the Straits to Russian shipping, and immobilizing the Turks.

On the night of March 18, 1915, this plan nearly succeeded—the Turks were virtually beaten. But poor communication left the Allies in the dark, allowing the Turks to prevail and the Allies to suffer a crushing quarter-million casualties. 

A vivid chronicle of adventure, suspense, agony, and heroism, Gallipoli brings to life the tragic waste in human life, the physical horror, and the sheer heartbreaking folly of fighting for impossible objectives with inadequate means on unknown, unmapped terrain. 

About the Author

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Alan Moorehead (1910-1983) was a foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express, where he won an international reputation for his coverage of World War II campaigns, and also served as the chief public relations officer in the Ministry of Defense. He is also the author of many other notable books, including Gallipoli and Darwin and the Beagle.

Praise For…

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"Deserves to be ranked among the very best books on the subject....It is masterly in its reconstruction of the development of the strategical situation on both sides, impartial in its handling of the bitter controversies which raged during and after the campaign, and sympathetic in its treatment of the individual who made (or more frequently lost) reputations at Gallipoli."
— Gordon A. Craig, New York Herald Tribune Book Review

“The story is told superbly. Because Mr. Moorehead knows what a battlefield looks, smells, and sounds like, the reader gets the ‘feel’ of the battle....I have read no better descriptive writing about either world war.”
— Drew Middleton, New York Times

“Captain B.H. Liddell Hart calls it ‘a masterpiece’ but no single word or brief review can convey the excitement, the richness, and the power of Alan Moorehead’s new book.”
— S.L.A. Marshall, Saturday Review