Armoured Cars in Eden - An American President's Son Serving in Rolls Royce Armoured Cars with the British in Mesopotamia and with the American Artille

Armoured Cars in Eden.A president's son at war in the land that became modern day Iraq.This is the story of a young American man serving in a little documented force in an almost forgotten campaign. More remarkably he was from a background of military tradition and adventure and the son of a former United States president. His war was against the Turkish Ottoman Empire his service that of a volunteer in the British army his familiar locations Negef Falujah Baghdad - exotic place names once again familiar to Americans at war. His is a story of parallels and contrasts - of religious sensitivities rivalries civil unrest occupying armies and conflict along the Euphrates and Tigris rivers almost a century ago. Roosevelt's experiences conclude in the Argonne at the end of hostilities.