Year of the Locust: A Soldier's Diary and the Erasure of Palestine's Ottoman Past
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Year of the Locust captures in page-turning detail the end of the Ottoman world and a pivotal moment in Palestinian history. In the diaries of Ihsan Hasan al-Turjman (1893-1917), the first ordinary recruit to describe World War I from the Arab side, we follow the misadventures of an Ottoman soldier stationed in Jerusalem. There he occupied himself by dreaming about his future and using family connections to avoid being sent to the Suez. His...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520287509
ISBN13:9780520287501
Release Date:August 2015
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.53 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"
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