The Grand Deception: Churchill and the Dardanelles

by Tom Curran, Andrew Bonnell (Editor)

Overview

The century that has elapsed since the 1915 Dardanelles campaign has done little to quell the debate that rages over its inglorious end. The origins of the campaign are likewise the subject of ongoing scrutiny, particularly the role of the First Sea Lord Winston Churchill, with whom the ill-fated campaign has been closely identified.

Tom Curran’s The Grand Deception: Churchill and the Dardanelles presents a detailed examination of Churchill’s role in the decision-making process that led to the Gallipoli landings. Using unpublished British archival sources and a range of additional material, both contemporary and modern, Curran’s meticulous research casts new light on the lead-up to a campaign that would profoundly affect Australian military history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781925275247
Publisher:	Big Sky Publishing
Publication date:	02/05/2015
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Tom Curran is the author of Across the Bar and The Grand Deception. He was in the process of revising his PhD on Churchill and the Dardanelles campaign into a book for publication when he passed away in 2011. Andrew Bonnell edited Curran's work into The Grand Deception book.
Andrew Bonnell edited The Grand Deception by Tom Curran. Andrew is an Associate Professor in History at The University of Queensland. His teaching areas include Modern German history, European intellectual history, European fascism and the radical right, Film and history and Nationalism. He is also the editor (History) of Australian Journal of Politics and History.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface 1

Author's Acknowledgements 5

Editor's Acknowledgements 6

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 First Lord 13

Chapter 2 The Original Deception(s), 3-28 January 1915 48

Chapter 3 The Anglo-French Naval Attack 79

Chapter 4 The Case for Perseverance or Abandonment 114

Chapter 5 Fisher's Resignation 144

Chapter 6 The Dardanelles Commission 169

Chapter 7 Official Secrecy and Political Influences 193

Chapter 8 Literary Influences: 'the Battle of the Books' 218

Conclusion 255

Endnotes 263

Bibliography 299

Index 311