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Lawrence in Arabia : war, deceit, imperial folly and the making of the modern Middle East / Scott Anderson.

By: Anderson, Scott, 1959- [author.]Material type: TextTextCopyright date: ♭2013Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 577 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780385532921Subject(s): Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 | Great Britain. Army -- Biography | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Middle East | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey | Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Middle East -- History -- 1914-1923DDC classification: 940.4/1241092 | B LOC classification: D568.4.L45 | A66 2013
Contents:
Playboys in the holy land -- A very unusual type -- Another and another nice thing -- To the last million -- A despicable mess -- The keepers of secrets -- Treachery -- The battle joined -- The man who would be kingmaker -- Neatly in the void -- A mist of deceits -- An audacious scheme -- Aqaba -- Hubris -- To the flame -- A gathering fury -- Solitary pursuits -- Damascus -- Epilogue: Paris.
Summary: A narrative chronicle of World War I's Arab Revolt explores the roles of a small group of adventurers and low -level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East, demonstrating how they instigated jihad against British forces, built an elaborate intelligence ring and forged ties to gain valuable oil concessions.
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Book A J M Library 868-5076
940.41 ANDE (Browse shelf) Available 35790

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [543]-552) and index.

Playboys in the holy land -- A very unusual type -- Another and another nice thing -- To the last million -- A despicable mess -- The keepers of secrets -- Treachery -- The battle joined -- The man who would be kingmaker -- Neatly in the void -- A mist of deceits -- An audacious scheme -- Aqaba -- Hubris -- To the flame -- A gathering fury -- Solitary pursuits -- Damascus -- Epilogue: Paris.

A narrative chronicle of World War I's Arab Revolt explores the roles of a small group of adventurers and low -level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East, demonstrating how they instigated jihad against British forces, built an elaborate intelligence ring and forged ties to gain valuable oil concessions.

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