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Author Anderson, Scott, 1959-

Title Lawrence in Arabia : war, deceit, imperial folly and the making of the modern Middle East / Scott Anderson.

Edition First Edition.
Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, 2013.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1580497~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  940.415092 AND    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  940.415092 AND    AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 577 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-552) and index.
Contents Playboys in the holy land -- A very unusual type -- Another and another nice thing -- To the last million -- A despicable mess -- The keepers of secrets -- Treachery -- The battle joined -- The man who would be kingmaker -- Neatly in the void -- A mist of deceits -- An audacious scheme -- Aqaba -- Hubris -- To the flame -- A gathering fury -- Solitary pursuits -- Damascus -- Epilogue: Paris.
Summary A chronicle of World War I's Arab Revolt that explores the pivotal roles of a small group of adventurers and low-level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East.
Subject Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Middle East.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey.
Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Middle East -- History -- 1914-1923.
Great Britain. Army -- Biography.
ISBN 9780307476418
9780385532921
038553292X
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