Lawrence of Arabias Secret Dispatches during the Arab Revolt, 1915-1919
Lawrence of Arabias Secret Dispatches during the Arab Revolt, 1915-1919 T. E. Now, in this scholarly edition, they are published in full for the first time. Lawrence's dispatches during the Arab…
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Lawrence of Arabias Secret Dispatches during the Arab Revolt, 1915-1919
T. E. Now, in this scholarly edition, they are published in full for the first time. Lawrence's dispatches during the Arab Revolt have been published before, but only in an edited and incomplete form, as they were printed for a strictly limited wartime readership in the Arab Bulletin.
These wartime writings reveal vividly his impressions of the periods he spent in the desert and the conditions he found there, and they record how the Arab uprising developed and how he became increasingly involved in it. They give us a direct inside view of his dealings with the Arab leaders and show us how he presented them to his superiors in Cairo. They make fascinating reading for, in his sometimes outspoken way, he reported on the military potential of the Arab fighters and recommended how they should be supported in their struggle against the Ottoman empire.This new collection of his