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Secret army : an elite force, a secret mission, a fleet of Model-T Fords, a far flung corner of WWI / Barry Stone.

Title

Secret army : an elite force, a secret mission, a fleet of Model-T Fords, a far flung corner of WWI / Barry Stone.

Author

Stone, Barry

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Description

xviii, 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits, plates; 24 cm.

Summary

The story of the 'Dunsterforce', a secret force of elite solders hand-picked from across the Allied forces, sent to the ethnic power keg of the Caucasus in 1918 to defend British interests from the Ottomans, Cossacks and Germans. Little known today, this is a story of derring do, exotic locations and dangerous encounters - and a fleet of 41 Model T Fords.
It was arguably the greatest fighting force in the entirety of the Great War. They were the very best: hardened, fearless, decorated, cocky fighting men, all veterans of Gallipoli and the Western Front. Yet this elite force secretly assembled in London in late 1917 remains an enigma even today. Barry Stone tells the story of these Australian, British, New Zealand, Canadian and South African men who were sent to the ethnic powder keg of the Caucasus to preserve British interests. They matched wits with German spies and assassins. They fought the Turks. They dined with sheiks, outraged local mullahs, forged unlikely alliances with Russian Cossacks, helped Armenians flee genocide, and saved the lives of thousands of starving Persians. This book is a rarity: a story set against the backdrop of war, filled not with bloodshed but with acts of kindness and selflessness; a triumph of the human spirit.

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Introduction 1. A mad enterprise 2. A veritable holocaust 3. The humanitarian army 4. A hasty withdrawal Epilogue.

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Contents

Introduction -- 1. A mad enterprise -- 2. The great famine -- 3. The humanitarian army -- 4. A hasty withdrawal -- Epilogue.

ISBN

OCLC

991586025

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library