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Details Turkey's genocide efforts in the early 20th century, and Germany's role. From the preface:In compiling the following pages I have had access to certain sources of official information, the nature of which I am not at liberty to specify further. I have used these freely... Read Full Overview

The maker of phrases plies a dangerous trade. Very often his phrase is applicable for the moment and for the situation in view of which he coined it, but his coin has only a temporary validity: it is good for a month or for a year, or for whatever period during which the crisis... Read Full Overview

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For centuries before the Osmanli Turks made their appearance in Asia Minor, there had come from out of the misty East numerous bodies of Turks, pushing westwards, and spreading over the Euphrates valley and over Persia, in nomadic or military colonisations, and it is not until... Read Full Overview

The Crescent And Iron Cross is a historical fiction novel written by E. F. Benson. The story is set during World War I and revolves around the life of a British soldier named Harry Feversham. Harry is a member of a prestigious military family and has always dreamed of serving... Read Full Overview

In compiling the following pages I have had access to certain sources of official information, the nature of which I am not at liberty to specify further. I have used these freely in such chapters of this book as deal with recent and contemporary events in Turkey or in Germany... Read Full Overview

When the Young Turks came into power, they proclaimed that they were going to weld the Ottoman Empire into one homogeneous and harmonious whole. But by a piece of brilliant paradoxical reasoning, says Mr. Benson, Germany determined that it was she who was going to do it for them..... Read Full Overview

"Crescent and Iron Cross" from Edward Frederic Benson. English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer (1867 - 1940).

The Crescent and Iron Cross is a historical fiction novel written by E. F. Benson. The story is set during World War I and follows the lives of two families, one German and one British, who are connected by a marriage between their children. The novel explores the complex relationships... Read Full Overview

Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 - 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Benson's first book published was Sketches From Marlborough. He started his novel writing career with the (then) fashionably controversial... Read Full Overview

Crescent and Iron Cross is an analysis of the history of Turkey in the early 20th century and it's relations with Germany. Topics covered include, The theory of the old Turks -- The theory of the new Turks -- The end of the Armenian question -- The question of Syria and Palestine... Read Full Overview

The maker of phrases plies a dangerous trade. Very often his phrase is applicable for the moment and for the situation in view of which he coined it, but his coin has only a temporary validity: it is good for a month or for a year, or for whatever period during which the crisis... Read Full Overview

The book "" Crescent and Iron Cross "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book... Read Full Overview