Lawrence In Arabia

Author : Scott Anderson
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385532938

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Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson Pdf

One of the Best Books of the Year: The Christian Science Monitor NPR The Seattle Times St. Louis Post-Dispatch Chicago Tribune A New York Times Notable Book Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography 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.

Author : M. D. Allen
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271040608

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Medievalism of Lawrence of Arabia by M. D. Allen Pdf

Author : Scott Anderson
Publisher : Signal
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780771007675

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Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson Pdf

The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T.E. Lawrence, "a sideshow to a sideshow." As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by four men far removed from the corridors of power. Curt Pruefer was an effete academic attached to the German embassy in Cairo, whose clandestine role was to foment jihad against British rule. Aaron Aaronsohn was a renowned agronomist and committed Zionist who gained the trust of the Ottoman governor of Palestine. William Yale was the fallen scion of the American aristocracy, who traveled the Ottoman Empire on behalf of Standard Oil, dissembling to the Turks in order gain valuable oil concessions. At the center of it all was Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist digging ruins in Syria; by 1919 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. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present.

Author : Lowell Thomas
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547095187

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With Lawrence in Arabia by Lowell Thomas Pdf

"With Lawrence in Arabia" by Lowell Thomas is a fast-paced and fascinating book that is equal parts fact and fiction. Thomas had experience in the army and traveled to far-off places, thus he garnered more than enough experience to be able to write a compelling adventure story for people to love.

Author : Jeremy Wilson
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0020826621

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Lawrence of Arabia by Jeremy Wilson Pdf

Clears up misconceptions about the life and career of the enigmatic British soldier

Author : Michael Korda
Publisher : Aurum
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781845138370

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Hero by Michael Korda Pdf

Michael Korda’s Hero is an epic biography of the mysterious,Englishman whose daring exploits made him an object of intense fascination, known the world over as ‘Lawrence of Arabia. An Oxford Scholar and archaeologist, T.E. Lawrence was sent to Cairo as an intelligence officer in 1916 and vanished into the desert in 1917. He united and led the Arab tribes to defeat the Turks and eventually capture Damascus, an adventure he recorded in the classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A born leader, utterly fearless and seemingly impervious to pain and danger, he remained modest, and retiring. Farsighted diplomat, brilliant military strategist, the first media celebrity, and acclaimed writer, Lawrence was a visionary whose achievements transcended his time: had his vision for the modern Middle East been carried through, the hatred and bloodshed that have since plagued the region might have prevented. The democratic reforms he would have implemented as British High Commissioner of Egypt, are those the Egyptians are now demanding, 91 years later. Ultimately, as this magisterial work demonstrates, Lawrence remains the paradigm of the hero in modern times.

Author : Neil Faulkner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300196832

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Lawrence of Arabia's War by Neil Faulkner Pdf

A wealth of new research and thinking on Lawrence, the Arab Revolt, and World War One in the Middle East, providing essential background to today's violent conflicts Rarely is a book published that revises our understanding of an entire world region and the history that has defined it. This groundbreaking volume makes just such a contribution. Neil Faulkner draws on ten years of field research to offer the first truly multidisciplinary history of the conflicts that raged in Sinai, Arabia, Palestine, and Syria during the First World War. In Lawrence of Arabia's War, the author rewrites the history of T. E. Lawrence's legendary military campaigns in the context of the Arab Revolt. He explores the intersections among the declining Ottoman Empire, the Bedouin tribes, nascent Arab nationalism, and Western imperial ambition. The book provides a new analysis of Ottoman resilience in the face of modern industrialized warfare, and it assesses the relative weight of conventional operations in Palestine and irregular warfare in Syria. Faulkner thus reassesses the historic roots of today's divided, fractious, war-torn Middle East.

Author : L. Robert Morris,Lawrence Raskin
Publisher : New York ; Toronto : Doubleday
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002367311

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Lawrence of Arabia by L. Robert Morris,Lawrence Raskin Pdf

Two years in the making and the winner of seven Academy Awards, David Lean's screen classic Lawrence of Arabia has been seen and enjoyed by millions since 1962. Specially compiled for the film's 30th anniversary, this volume provides, for the first time, an account of this film's remarkable genesis, artistry, and influence.

Author : Steven C. Caton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999-04-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520210837

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Lawrence of Arabia by Steven C. Caton Pdf

"Caton's imagination was deeply affected by the power of Lawrence of Arabia, a cinematic classic that he knows intimately . . . and analyzes intelligently. Having read his multi-layered critique of Lean's epic masterpiece, we'll now be viewing our old favorite with new insight and appreciation."—L. Robert Morris and Lawrence Raskin, coauthors of Lawrence of Arabia: The 30th Anniversary Pictorial History

Author : Adrian Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Lawrence of Arabia (Motion picture)
ISBN : UCSC:32106011494306

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The Making of David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia by Adrian Turner Pdf

Author : Thomas Edward Lawrence,Jeremy Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : 1873141181

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom by Thomas Edward Lawrence,Jeremy Wilson Pdf

Author : Alistair MacLean
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402736134

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Lawrence of Arabia by Alistair MacLean Pdf

Colorful characters, a larger-than-life hero, stirring battles, death-defying desert treks, and an adventure rich in mystery and romance, are all depicted by a great writer. That and more is what readers will find in this spellbinding biography of Lawrence of Arabia that is impossible to put down. Bestselling author and screenwriter Alistair MacLean follows Lawrence as he breaks with tradition to live with Arabs and, using modern-day guerrilla tactics, helps them defeat the Turks and gain an independent state. In addition to the enthralling details of the campaign, MacLean provides valuable insight into the origins of the Middle East we know today.

Author : T. E. Lawrence
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501182006

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27 Articles by T. E. Lawrence Pdf

Lawrence of Arabia's classic set of guidelines on military leadership in the Middle East.

Author : Robert Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472834881

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Lawrence of Arabia on War by Robert Johnson Pdf

WINNER OF THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 'A riveting account of T. E. Lawrence's battles on and off the battlefield... Using scrupulous research and succinct prose, Johnson provides a gold mine of stratagems... a must-read for military leaders to come!' Arnel P. David, Lt Col, US Army Special Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff (UK) 'An innovative study of Lawrence that carefully and intelligently examines his campaigns and thinking on irregular warfare, and in doing so produces an accessible and intellectually stimulating work of military history.' James Kitchen, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 'This is a major contribution to the literature on the Middle East in the Great War, and the history of military ideas - and it is highly relevant to contemporary armed force.' Professor Gary Sheffield, University of Wolverhampton Lawrence of Arabia is one of the most iconic figures of the First World War, seen by many as a heroic and romantic guerrilla leader in a period of savage and deeply impersonal industrial warfare. While Lawrence himself has been the subject of many biographies, and an award-winning film, the context of his war in the desert, and his ideas on war itself, are less well known. Lawrence of Arabia on War is a study of those ideas and of his campaign of irregular warfare which has informed tactical theory and decision-making down to the present day, juxtaposed alongside the operations conducted by the Ottoman Empire and those of the Allied army in Palestine. It explores the challenges he faced in a complex environment against a more numerous and better armed adversary, and the manner in which he assessed what was changing, what was distinctive, and what was unique to guerrilla warfare in the desert. Setting Lawrence in his historical context, it examines the peace settlement process he participated in during 1919–20, analyses how other military writers made use of his ideas, and describes the ways in which his legacy has informed and inspired those partnering and mentoring local forces today.

Author : Adrian Greaves
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780297857037

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Lawrence Of Arabia by Adrian Greaves Pdf

A new biography of Lawrence of Arabia T.E. Lawrence is one of the most enigmatic characters in British history. At the outbreak of the First World War he was working as an archaeologist in the Middle East. He had no military training at all, and a strong distrust of politicians and senior officers alike. And yet he succeeded in a task where all these people had failed: not only did he unite the Arab nation - a nation at perpetual war with itself - but he also led them to victory against the Ottoman Empire. How he managed to achieve these incredible feats has fascinated and confounded historians ever since. The myths that have grown up around this remarkable man have been enhanced by the untruths Lawrence himself propagated. He was never captured and tortured by the Turks as he claimed, neither was he the first to target Ottoman troops by dynamiting their trains. And yet the truth is every bit as compelling as the fiction. He was far more ruthless than he portrayed himself, and the battles he fought were every bit as barbarous as those fought by his Ottoman enemies. He was also strangely determined not to take credit for his achievements: when offered the VC at Buckingham Palace he refused it, leaving the king holding the box. This brand new biography by the author of RORKE'S DRIFT uses primary sources to uncover the truth from all the fictions that surround this legendary man. It covers the actualities of the war Lawrence fought in greater detail than ever before, and also describes what happened to Lawrence after the war.