Setting the desert on fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's secret war in Arabia, 1916 - 18
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Main Author: Barr, James (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London [u. a.] Bloomsbury 2006
Edition:1. publ.
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [315] - 348) and index
Key figures in this book -- Maps -- A note on the text -- Prologue -- A clear-thinking hatchet man -- Will this do? -- The uprising starts and stutters -- The blame game begins -- The French arrive -- This was the man -- Crisis over Rabigh -- Turning point -- Wajh -- The first railway raids -- Differences over tactics -- Fighting for us on a lie -- Stalemate in the Hijaz -- Triumph at Aqaba -- The impact of Aqaba -- Impolitic truths -- Difficult times -- Gaza and Yarmuk : victory and failure -- Dara or Azrak : where was Lawrence? (15-21 November 1917) -- The Balfour declaration and its aftermath -- Fighting de luxe -- New conditions -- A complete muck-up -- Preparing for the push -- Holding operations -- The Dara raid -- The road to Damascus -- A house with no door -- Epilogue
Physical Description:XVI, 362 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:9780747579861

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