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" Setting the desert on fire : "
James Barr.
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BL
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874675
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| Main Entry
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Barr, James,1976-
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| Title & Author
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Setting the desert on fire : : T.E. Lawrence and Britain's secret war in Arabia, 1916-1918 /\ James Barr.
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| Edition Statement
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1st American ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: W.W. Norton & Co.,, 2008.
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x, 382 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0393060403
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: 9780393060409
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-362) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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"During World War I, the region now known as the Middle East was a turbulent, violent zone, as warring Western powers scrabbled for resources and influence while the locals--the Arabs and the Turks of the Ottoman Empire--fought their own battles and found their own allies"--Inside cover.
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Lawrence, T. E., (Thomas Edward),1888-1935.
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Lawrence, T. E., (Thomas Edward),1888-1935
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Lawrence, Thomas E.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Campaigns-- Arab countries.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Campaigns-- Arabian Peninsula.
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Außenpolitik
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Military campaigns.
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Politics and government
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Weltkrieg
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Arab countries, Politics and government, 20th century.
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Arab countries.
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Arabian Peninsula.
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Arabien, Aufstand (1916-1918)
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Großbritannien
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Naher Osten
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| Dewey Classification
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940.4/15092
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| LC Classification
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D568.4.B37 2008
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