TY - BOOK AU - Nash,Tank TI - Betrayal of an army: Mesopotamia 1914-1916 SN - 9781399013536 U1 - 940.415 PY - 2021/// CY - Barnsley PB - Pen and Sword Books KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Campaigns KW - Iraq KW - Al Kūt (Iraq) KW - History KW - Siege, 1915-1916 N1 - Attributed to NS 'Tank' Nash on cover; Hardinge at bay -- Mesopotamia and its oil -- Invasion and the capture of Basra -- The capture of Kurnah -- Chitràl Charlie, his regatta and the capture of Amara -- The capture of Kut -- What next? -- Advance to Ctesiphon -- The pyrrhic victory at Ctesiphon -- The retreat to Kut -- The siege : early days, December 1915 - January 1916 : the battles of Sheikh Saad and the Wadi River --February-March 1916 : the battle of the Dujaila Redoubt -- April 1916 : the battle of Saniyat and capitulation -- Aftermath -- The inquiry -- The debate -- Responsibility : the reckoning -- Appendix A : whatever happened to old...? -- Appendix B : witnesses who appeared before the Mesopotamia Commission -- An analysis of Kipling's Mesopotamia ER -