Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

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Wilson, J. (1989). Lawrence of Arabia: The authorised biography of T. E. Lawrence. Atheneum. ISBN 978-0-689-11934-7– via Internet Archive (archive.org).

Lawrence, T. E. (1997). Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Calder, A. (Introduction). Wordsworth. pp.vi–vii. ISBN 978-1853264696. Calder writes in the "Introduction" that returning soldiers often felt intense guilt at having survived, when others did not – even to the point of self-harm. Penaud, Guy (2007). Le Tour de France de Lawrence d'Arabie (1908). Périgueux, France: Editions de La Lauze. ISBN 978-2-35249-024-1.The Arab Revolt began in June 1916, but it bogged down after a few successes, with a real risk that the Ottoman forces would advance along the coast of the Red Sea and recapture Mecca. [63] On 16 October 1916, Lawrence was sent to the Hejaz on an intelligence-gathering mission led by Ronald Storrs. [64] He interviewed Sharif Hussein's sons Ali, Abdullah, and Faisal, [65] and concluded that Faisal was the best candidate to lead the Revolt. [66]

I gave him a free hand. His cooperation was marked by the utmost loyalty, and I never had anything but praise for his work, which, indeed, was invaluable throughout the campaign. He was the mainspring of the Arab movement and knew their language, their manners and their mentality. [110] Dera'a [ edit ] The Letters of T. E. Lawrence, selected and edited by Malcolm Brown. London, J. M Dent. 1988 ( ISBN 0-460-04733-7) Anderson is a bleak but fair-minded historian, alive to the cynicism and prejudice that decided actions on all sides. He shows, for example, how the British war effort was hampered by an ill-advised contempt for Ottoman abilities – evidenced during the disastrous Gallipoli campaign when the allies landed on the very shoreline where the Turks were strongest. Knowles, Richard (1991). "Tale of an 'Arabian knight': the T. E. Lawrence effigy". Church Monuments. 6: 67–76.Lawrence's most important contributions to the Arab Revolt were in the area of strategy and liaison with British Armed Forces, but he also participated personally in several military engagements: Paris, T.J. (September 1998). "British Middle East policy-making after the First World War: The Lawrentian and Wilsonian Schools". Historical Journal. 41 (3): 773–793. doi: 10.1017/s0018246x98007997. S2CID 161205802.

Strategist of the Desert Dies in Military Hospital". The Guardian. 19 May 1935 . Retrieved 16 August 2012. The character of Private Napoleon Meek in George Bernard Shaw's 1931 play Too True to Be Good was inspired by Lawrence. Meek is depicted as conversant with the language and lifestyle of the native tribes. He repeatedly enlists with the army, quitting whenever offered a promotion. Lawrence attended a performance of the play's original Worcestershire run, and reportedly signed autographs for patrons attending the show. [274] Hoffman, George Amin (2011). T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and the M1911 . Retrieved 11 November 2022. This newspaper called Lawrence’s 1926 self-published autobiography Seven Pillars of Wisdom “one of the most stirring stories of our time”. (Personally, I find it a bore.) Lawrence toned down the episode in Deraa in which the Bey (Governor) sodomised him; Fiennes follows most biographers and accepts circumstantial accounts. He is coy about homosexuality: “There is, however, evidence to suggest that Lawrence might have had more sexual interest in men.” The paid-for whippings of the later years are noted, though Fiennes finds it “difficult to say whether he [Lawrence] wanted to be whipped for pleasure, punishment, or both”.

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In Tony Parsons’ novel, The Murder Bag (2014), the Seven Pillars is referenced as part of the curriculum at Potters Field school and has a formative influence on a group of former pupils. The archaeologist smokescreen military intelligence missions in the Middle East were crucial for the allies' ultimate victory with most of the fuel resources for the Central Powers cut by the British forces. With TextII in front of him, Lawrence began working on a polished version ("TextIII") in London, Jeddah, and Amman during 1921. Lawrence completed this text comprising 335,000words in February1922.



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