Palestine and World War I

Eran Dolev is Associate Professor of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and former Surgeon-General of the Israeli Defence Forces. Sheffy Yigal is Lecturer at Tel Aviv University, Israel, (the Program for Security Studies) and Haifa University (Department of Political Science, Program of National security and Department of History of the Middle East) Haim Goren is Associate Professor of History and Geography at Tel Hai University, Israel.

'The Palestine Campaign in World War I has earned a significant place in military history, mainly owing to its being a model of mobile warfare in a mainly static war. This volume, however, is commendable for its two important addenda to the vast literature on that campaign. First, it endeavours to embrace the totality of a campaign that in addition to itsmilitary uniqueness consisted of diplomacy, imperialist competition in preparation for the post-war new order, emerging conflicting national movements and claims, scientific and technological innovations, special problems of medical treatment and evacuation and the ordinary daily life of the civil population of the country: Arabs, Jews and Europeans. Second, it describes the picture on "both sides of the hill", from the vantage points of the victorious entente as well as the Turk and German losers. In both respects this book is an important contribution to the knowledge and study of the Palestine Campaign.' Prof. Yoav Gelber, Haifa University and Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 'Palestine in World War One consists of articles on largely unfamiliar aspects of the campaign in Palestine during the First World War. Although this campaign was, relatively speaking, a"sideshow", its course and its outcome have transformed the Middle East with consequences which are still felt today. The book, which deals with both the British and Ottoman sides reflects current interest in the experience of the common soldier as well as the effects of war on civilian communities. It contributes an important and fascinating addition to the literature on the First World War in Palestine and on the military history of the Middle East in general.' Prof. Alon Kadish, Head of History Depa rtment, Israe li Defence Forces (IDF), History Depa rtment, The Hebrew University of Jerusa lem

• Preface viiiList of Contributors xiv1. The Palestine Campaign within the Great War Jay WinterPart I A ‘Multinational Campaign’2. Alsace-Lorraine Soldiers in the Palestine Campaign:Conformism and Specificities of a National Minoritywithin the German Military Mission in Turkey Jean-Noel Grandhomme3. Hopes and Jealousies: Rome’s Ambitions in the MiddleEast and the Italian Contingent in Palestine, 1915 – 1920 Nir Arielli4. The Conquest of Beersheba, 1917, Revisited: The CrucialRole of German Air Squadron No. 301 Benjamin Z. KedarPart II Strategic-Political Aspects of the Campaign5. Loyalty, Indifference, Treason: The Ottoman – GermanExperience in Palestine during World War I Tilman Lu¨ dke6. Field Marshal Viscount Allenby: One of theGreat Captains of History? Matthew HughesPart III Military Aspects of the Campaign7. A Different Kind of Battle: Allenby’s Anti-MalariaCampaign, Palestine, 1918 Eran Dolev, MD8. A Cavalry Victory? Cavalry in the historiographyof the Sinai-Palestine Campaign Jean Bou9. Mapping for the Third Battle of Gaza, 1917 Peter Collier10. Destabilizing the Enemy: The Raid on Nazareth,19 – 20 September 1918 Yigal SheffyPart IV Palestine during the Campaign11. A Diplomat in the Holy City: the Spanish Consul andWorld War I in Jerusalem Roberto Mazza12. The Situation in Jerusalem during World War I,According to the Memoirs of Wasif Jawharieh 228Mustafa Abassi13. The Haifa Community Committee DuringWorld War I: Laying the Foundations forMulti-ethnic Public Leadership in the City Anat Kidron14. The Jewish Colonization Association in theGalilee – The Day After Yair Seltenreichvi PALESTINE AND THE FIRSTWORLD WARPart V Cultural Aspects of the Campaign15. Hebrew Literature of World War I in Palestine Glenda Abramson16. ‘On the rock-strewn hills I heard/The anger of guns’:Siegfried Sassoon in Palestine Nancy RosenfeldIndex