Defeat at Gallipoli by Nigel Steel & Peter Hart

Defeat at Gallipoli by Nigel Steel and Peter Hart is regarded as one of the finest modern histories of the Gallipoli campaign, offering readers a vivid and balanced examination of one of the most controversial operations of the First World War. Drawing extensively from diaries, letters, memoirs, and firsthand testimony, the authors reconstruct the disastrous Allied campaign fought against the Ottoman Empire between April 1915 and January 1916.

Rather than focusing solely on generals and military planning, Steel and Hart place the experiences of ordinary soldiers at the centre of the narrative. The result is Defeat at Gallipoli, a powerful and often moving account of courage, suffering, endurance, and military miscalculation. The book explores the harsh terrain of the Dardanelles, inadequate preparation, disease, trench warfare, and the human cost borne by British, ANZAC, French, and Ottoman forces alike.

Highly praised for its readability and scholarship, Defeat at Gallipoli has become an important title for collectors and readers interested in First World War military history, the ANZAC story, British military campaigns, and Ottoman theatre operations. The authors’ use of eyewitness accounts gives the work an immediacy that distinguishes it from many broader strategic histories of the war.

This 2002 Pan Books paperback edition remains a desirable reading and reference copy of Defeat at Gallipoli for historians, collectors of military literature, and anyone with an interest in Gallipoli, battlefield history, or twentieth-century warfare.

Condition – Near Fine 

2002 paperback edition in near fine condition. Covers remain clean and attractive with only minimal shelf wear. Binding is sound and internally clean. Pages are evenly age toned/discolored as commonly encountered with this edition, but the book remains well preserved overall.