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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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General Middle Eastern HistoryInternational RelationsWorld War I
Publisher Price: $21.00
ISBN13: 9780307476418
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Jun 3 2014
Pages: 624
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.26 Width: 6.31 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
A fascinating book, the best work of military history in recent memory and an illuminating analysis of issues that still loom large today.--The New York Times
Brilliant. . . . A dazzling accomplishment that combines superb historical research with a compelling narrative.
The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. Lawrence, a sideshow of a sideshow. As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power.
At the center of it all was Lawrence himself. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist excavating ruins in Syria; by 1917 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army as he fought a rearguard action against his own government and its imperial ambitions. Based on four years of intensive primary document research, Lawrence in Arabia definitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed.
One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, The Seattle Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Tribune
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