Serving the Empire in the Great War: The Cypriot Mule Corps, Imperial Loyalty and Silenced Memory

by Andrekos Varnava

Book Overview

This book contributes to the growing literature on the role of the British non-settler empire in the Great War by exploring the service of the Cypriot Mule Corps on the Salonica Front, and after the war in Constantinople.

Varnava encompasses all aspects of the story of the Mule Corps, from the role of the animals to the experiences of the men driving them both during and after the war, as well as how and why this significant story in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526103672
• ISBN13: 9781526103673
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"