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245 10 a| Lawrence of Arabia's war :b| the Arabs, the British and the remaking of the Middle East in WWI /c| Neil Faulkner.;

264 1 a| New Haven :b| Yale University Press,c| [2016];

300 a| xvii, 528 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Holy war? -- Young Turks -- Little Mehmet -- For sultan and caliph -- Sinai bridgehead -- The Battle of Romani -- The Arab revolt -- A crusader, an unknown desert, and a new way of war -- The gates of Palestine -- Aqaba -- Bull loose -- The railway war -- The Third Battle of Gaza -- Jerusalem -- The mountains of Moab -- Special operations -- Armageddon -- Epilogue.;

520 8 a| Rarely is a book published that revises our understanding of an entire world region and the history that has defined it. This groundbreaking volume makes just such a contribution. Neil Faulkner draws on ten years of field research to offer the first truly multidisciplinary history of the conflicts that raged in Sinai, Arabia, Palestine, and Syria during the First World War. In Lawrence of Arabia's War, the author rewrites the history of T.E. Lawrence's legendary military campaigns in the context of the Arab Revolt. He explores the intersections among the declining Ottoman Empire, the Bedouin tribes, nascent Arab nationalism, and Western imperial ambition. The book provides a new analysis of Ottoman resilience in the face of modern industrialized warfare, and it assesses the relative weight of conventional operations in Palestine and irregular warfare in Syria. Faulkner thus reassesses the historic roots of today's divided, fractious, war-torn Middle East.;

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Lawrence of Arabia's war : the Arabs, the British and the remaking of the Middle East in WWI / Neil Faulkner.

Author/creator	Faulkner, Neil author.
Format	Book
Publication	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Description	xvii, 528 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns. --Middle East. Middle East--History. --1914-1923.

Contents	Introduction -- Holy war? -- Young Turks -- Little Mehmet -- For sultan and caliph -- Sinai bridgehead -- The Battle of Romani -- The Arab revolt -- A crusader, an unknown desert, and a new way of war -- The gates of Palestine -- Aqaba -- Bull loose -- The railway war -- The Third Battle of Gaza -- Jerusalem -- The mountains of Moab -- Special operations -- Armageddon -- Epilogue.
Summary	Rarely is a book published that revises our understanding of an entire world region and the history that has defined it. This groundbreaking volume makes just such a contribution. Neil Faulkner draws on ten years of field research to offer the first truly multidisciplinary history of the conflicts that raged in Sinai, Arabia, Palestine, and Syria during the First World War. In Lawrence of Arabia's War, the author rewrites the history of T.E. Lawrence's legendary military campaigns in the context of the Arab Revolt. He explores the intersections among the declining Ottoman Empire, the Bedouin tribes, nascent Arab nationalism, and Western imperial ambition. The book provides a new analysis of Ottoman resilience in the face of modern industrialized warfare, and it assesses the relative weight of conventional operations in Palestine and irregular warfare in Syria. Faulkner thus reassesses the historic roots of today's divided, fractious, war-torn Middle East.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2015048301
ISBN	9780300196832 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN	0300196830 hardcover ; alkaline paper

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