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050 0 0 _aD568.4.L45
_bA66 2013
082 0 0 _a940.4/1241092
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100 1 _aAnderson, Scott,
_d1959-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLawrence in Arabia :
_bwar, deceit, imperial folly and the making of the modern Middle East /
_cScott Anderson.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 1 _aNew York :
_bDoubleday,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c♭2013
300 _axii, 577 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier.
500 _aMaps on lining papers.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [543]-552) and index.
505 0 _aPlayboys 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.
520 _aA 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.
600 1 0 _aLawrence, T. E.
_q(Thomas Edward),
_d1888-1935.
610 1 0 _aGreat Britain.
_bArmy
_vBiography.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xCampaigns
_zMiddle East.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xCampaigns
_zTurkey.
650 0 _aSoldiers
_zGreat Britain
_vBiography.
651 0 _aMiddle East
_xHistory
_y1914-1923.
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