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Setting the Desert on Fire: T.E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-18

By Barr , James

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN
9781408827895, 1408827891
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3901859 bytes)
Pages
384 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000;Asian Histo

Description

It is 1916. The Allies are struggling in the Great War. The Ottoman Sultan calls for a pan-Islamic jihad against all non-Muslims except Germans. But Sharif Husein, ruler of the holy city of Mecca, is smarting under Turkish rule, fomenting Arab nationalism and lobbying the British to support him. It seems to the British a good idea secretly to encourage an Arab revolt. Setting the Desert on Fire is a masterly account of this key moment made legendary by T. E. Lawrence, but here filled with a wide range of characters including the British Prime Minister Lloyd George, whose desire to capture 'Jerusalem by Christmas' had consequences that reverberate to this day.

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