Generally conceded to be doomed from the outset by the most recent historiography, the Gallipoli campaign still arouses heated controversy. In a new compendium of original research by an impressive array of established and up-and-coming scholars, Gallipoli: The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 1915-16 explores a wide variety of aspects of the Allied military effort to force a passage through the Dardanelles straits and eliminate Ottoman Turkey from its Central Powers alliance. Contributors & topics include: Phylomena Badsey: Hospital ships; John Bourne: Staffordshire Regiment; Stephen Chambers: POWs; Alexandra Churchill: The Evacuation; Jeff Cleverly: Suvla Bay; Rhys Crawley: Royal Navy; Brian Curragh: 10th Irish Division; Peter Doyle: Terrain; Katherine Swinfen Eady: Experiences of a 29th Division Staff Officer; Mel Hampton: First Battle of Krithia; Peter Hart: Royal Naval Division; Simon House: Corps Expeditionnaire d'Orient; Gavin Hughes: Irish Regiments; James Peter Hurst: ANZAC Landing; Rob Langham: Artillery; Michael LoCicero: Krithia Nullah winter 1915; Ross Mahoney: Aviation/Airpower; Linda Parker: Chaplains; Simon Peaple: Grand Strategy; Chris Pugsley: New Zealanders; Chris Roberts: Australian Brigade Command; John Sneddon: Ordnance and Supply; Rob Stevenson: 1st Australian Division; Rob Thompson: Logistics; Tom Williams: Territorials at Suvla Bay; John Dixon & Richard Wood: Tunnellers.