The Battle For Lone Pine

Author(s): David Cameron

War

Surprisingly, as we near the 100th anniversary of the legendary Gallipoli campaign, this is the first book solely dedicated to one of its key battles - that at Lone Pine, where Australian and Turkish soldiers fought an ultimately futile battle that claimed thousands of lives in incredibly close quarters. Seven Victoria Crosses were earned by Australia's Anzacs in the intense four days of fighting, in pursuit of a flawed strategy to distract Turkish forces from larger incursions, which themselves failed. David W. Cameron has pulled together first-hand accounts from the men and women involved (including from the Turkish army) to detail what transpired and to follow some of their personal stories throughout the ordeal. By including the stories of non-combatants, such as engineers, nurses, sappers, commanders and more, he not only gives due credit to those who laboured in support of the troops, but provides a wider understanding of the mammoth undertaking of such warfare. Many Australians travel to the Lone Pine Memorial and Cemetery each year to commemorate Anzac Day and remember the fallen - this work of popular history highlights the fate of those who fought on the very ground where they gather.


Product Information

David W. Cameron is a biological anthropologist and was formerly an Australian Research Council QEII Fellow at the Department of Anatomy & Histology, University of Sydney. In early 2003 he conducted a preliminary archaeological survey of the Anzac Gallipoli battlefields and held discussions with Turkish and Australian government officials about conservation issues relating to the Anzac area. He is the author of several books on the Gallipoli Campaign, including 'Sorry, Lads, But the Order is to Go' - The August Offensive, Gallipoli: 1915.

General Fields

  • : 9780670076291
  • : Penguin Books Australia
  • : Viking Australia
  • : 0.518
  • : May 2012
  • : 230mm X 152mm
  • : Australia
  • : July 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : David Cameron
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : en
  • : 355.00
  • : 352