Setting the Desert on Fire
T.E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-18
1st Edition
Published on 7. November 2011
384 pages
978-1-4088-2789-5 (ISBN)
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.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-2789-5 (9781408827895)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
06/2007
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€12.90
Article not available at the moment
Person
James Barr graduated from Oxford with a first in Modern History, went on to write leaders for the Daily Telegraph and now works in the City.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1 A Parting of the Ways
- 2 Will This Do?
- 3 A Strange Uncanny Place
- 4 Foreign Influences
- 5 All Claws and Teeth
- 6 Crisis over Rabigh
- 7 Turning Point
- 8 Wajh and After
- 9 The First Railway Raids
- 10 Differences Over Tactics
- 11 Fighting for Us on a Lie
- 12 Aqaba
- 13 The Impact of Aqaba
- 14 Impolitic Truths
- 15 Difficult Times
- 16 Gaza and Yarmuk
- 17 Dara or Azrak?
- 18 The Jews and Jerusalem
- 19 Fighting De Luxe
- 20 New Conditions
- 21 A Complete Muck-up
- 22 Preparing for the Push
- 23 Holding Operations
- 24 The Dara Raid
- 25 The Road to Damascus
- 26 A House with No Door
- Epilogue
- Notes on the Key Figures in this Book
- A Note on the Text
- Plate Section
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Footnotes
- Notes
- A Note on the Author
- By the Same Author
- List of Illustrations
- Imprint
