Before America entered the war, Kermit Roosevelt took a commission with the British army and served in Mesopotamia. He describes the voyage from Taranto, the Tigris front, armoured-car patrols through the ruins of Babylon, the advance on the Euphrates, Baghdad street scenes and fighting toward the Persian frontier, using his Arabic as an interpreter.
A lively memoir of a little-remembered campaign, by a son of Theodore Roosevelt. Download the free EPUB.