Alan Moorehead

Gallipoli Alan Moorehead Large type / large print edition

Marc Notes: Previous edition: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 was designed to force Turkey out of the war and bring supplies and arms to the Russians. The campaign proved to be a costly failure. Using private papers and official records, this book recreates the Gallipoli campaign.

Contributor Bio:  Moorehead, Alan Alan Moorehead was born in Melbourne in 1910. Educated at Scotch College and Melbourne University, he was a reporter for the Melbourne Herald before sailing to London in 1936. He became foreign correspondent for the Daily Express, and ultimately one of the finest correspondents of World War II. After the war he turned from journalism to writing books, and in 1956 won the Duff Cooper Prize for Gallipoli. He was awarded the OBE in 1946 and the CBE in 1968. Alan Moorehead died in 1983. His 1944 book, The Desert War: The North Africa Campaign 1940-43 was republished by Aurum in 2009.