Setting the desert on fire
Subtitle: T.E. Lawrence and Britain's secret war in Arabia, 1916-18
By: James Barr
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780747585534
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns; History; Politics and government; Military campaigns
Description: This full story of the desert revolt made famous by Lawrence of Arabia covers a wide range of characters, including Ronald Storrs, Sharif Husein, his malleable younger son Feisal, Sir Mark Sykes and Francois Picot and Lawrence himself. Their ambitions, rivalries and underhand actions are the subject of this book.
Notes: Originally published: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Key figures in this book; title: Maps; title: A note on the text; title: Prologue; title: A clear-thinking hatchet man; title: Will this do?; title: The uprising starts and stutters; title: The blame game begins; title: The French arrive; title: This was the man; title: Crisis over Rabigh; title: Turning point; title: Wajh; title: The first railway raids; title: Differences over tactics; title: Fighting for us on a lie; title: Stalemate in the Hijaz; title: Triumph at Aqaba; title: The impact of Aqaba; title: Impolitic truths; title: Difficult times; title: Gaza and Yarmuk : victory and failure; title: Dara or Azrak : where was Lawrence? (15/21 November 1917); title: The Balfour declaration and its aftermath; title: Fighting de luxe; title: New conditions; title: A complete muck-up; title: Preparing for the push; title: Holding operations; title: The dara raid; title: The road to Damascus; title: A house with no door; title: Epilogue.