EVOLUTION OF A REVOLT – Early Postwar Writings of T. E. Lawrence

Inbunden bok. The Pennsylvania State University Press. 1968. 175 sidor.

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At the end of World War I, T.E. Lawrence was known throughout the world as Lawrence of Arabia, the prime mover of a surprisingly unified Arab desert campaign against the Turks, the “Emir Dynamite” of one of modern warfare’s most effective guerrilla operations.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence’s literary monument of these events, is one of the few twentieth century works of epic style and tone. Although he produced several preliminary versions, these were preceded from 1918 through 1921 by a series of now-it-can-be-told writings in newspapers and journals, half of them published anonymously. Brought together here for the first time, they in effect form a “first published version” of Seven Pillars of Wisdom in which Lawrence wrote far less self-consciously and did not strive so blatantly for literary effect. Instead, his style came naturally and he salted his narrative liberally with wry, aphoristic language and effective metaphor.

"Well worth reading! – T.E. Lawrence was able to make an excellent summary of the Arab War against the Turks. In fact T.E. Lawrence felt that it really wasn't a war but guerilla tactics. The Arab Tribesmen never faced off with the large Turkish Army. The British Red Sea Fleet provided Mr. Lawrence with enough equipment for Mr. Lawrence and the Arab Chiefs to extend the Arab Revolt against the Turks. Mr. Lawrence realized that the Arabs had no chance against a well equipped 100,000 strong Turkish Military Force. Instead tactics were used to destroy all railroads and other Communications which provided service to the Turkish Army. By employing guerilla tactics; the Arabs as well as the deserts of the Middle East were able to isolate the Turks and render them helpless. Very interesting and well worth reading."

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