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

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

Title remainder

an elite force, a secret mission, a fleet of Model-T Fords, a far flung corner of WWI

Statement of responsibility

Barry Stone

Creator

• Stone, Barry

Author

• Stone, Barry

Subject

• Desert warfare -- History -- 20th century
• Special forces (Military science) -- Caucasus
• Special operations (Military science) -- Caucasus
• Australia, Australian Army | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- History
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Caucasus
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
• World war, 1914-1918 #z Australia
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia
• Australian

Language

eng

Summary

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

Biography type

contains biographical information

Biographical or historical data

Barry Stone is a journalist and travel writer. He is author of The Desert Anzacs andThe Digger's Menagerie,and has written on topics as varied as mutinies in the Age of Sail, and a history of hermits and recluses.

Cataloging source

VMON

Dewey number

940.4

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography