Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain’s Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918
Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918 by
James Barr ISBN: 9780393335279
on July 6th 2009
Genres: History,
Europe,
Great Britain,
Middle East,
General,
Military,
World War I,
Modern,
20th Century Pages: 382
Len's Summary: Barr makes the point that the British were no more duplicitous that the Arabs, many of whose leaders (Hussein for example) maintained open lines of communications to the Turks up to the end of the war. Absent a unified Arab national movement, the British and French — the author argues — had no choice but to assume responsibility for the former Ottoman provinces.
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