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Scott anderson provides ever so lucid and balanced explanations of that very complex web of historical and personal forces that “the great war” unleashed. Anderson gives us a prodigious commentary on the war in the region and the competing interests o... Read More
Nothing but tragedy comes from the story. This is especially true when the past is traumatic but that trauma is not acknowledged. It is quite lengthy and gives you the big picture view to contextualize the life and adventures of t.
A military force “drifting about like a gas. It does an excellent job of showing how the complex alliances formed between nations caused the contradictory allegiances that lead to the tragedies of the past 50 years in that region.
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The premise of this book is good, exploring the world of lawrence of arabia. There is no evidence that ormsby-gore was a convert to zionism. To blame australians for the debacle of the turkish hospital is ridiculous in the circumstances - the australi... Read More
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Yet this novel weaves his story together with the geopolitical events relevant to the time and individual stories adjacent but connected
The maps were very helpful in getting to know the region being discussed as i was not very knowledgeable with the region and th... Read More
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From there his influence on the campaign grows because of his ability to work with the arab leaders and deliver results until h... Read More
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- This product had a total of 4,032 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 27 2023.
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Lawrence and the sykespicot agreement has been told many times before
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Each character is not given equal treatment and when their storylines do pop back up it can often be confusing to the reader
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The bulk of the narrative follows the exploits of t
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Anderson describes lawrence as brilliant quickwitted and irreverent utterly dismissive of military protocol and procedure
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Anderson claims that lawrence’s academic mastery of fourteenth century warfare prepared him best for the role of guerilla leader in the sands of modernday saudi arabia
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Ours should be a war of detachment
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We were to contain the enemy by the silent threat of a vast unknown desert not disclosing ourselves till we attacked
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