Previously: Introduction, Book I Soldiers in the Arab Army during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918, carrying the Arab Flag of the ArabRevolt and pictured in the Arabian Desert. Against his adamant protests and self-doubt, Lawrence is sent back to Arabia by his superior officer, General Clayton, who believes the bookish journalist-cartographer will be an excellent Continue reading

Previously: Introduction Left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri as-Said, Prince Faisal (front), Captain Pisani (rear), T. E. Lawrence,Faisal’s slave (name unknown), Captain Hassan Khadri I had believed these misfortunes of the Revolt to be due mainly to faulty leadership, or rather to the lack of leadership, Arab and English.  So I went down to Arabia Continue reading

map by T. E. Lawrence What draws you into Lawrence’s narrative from the start is its setting.  As Westerners, we often view history in a binary perspective.  There is the past – epitomized frequently in our culture by the World Wars, and the still living generations who remember them – and there is the present, Continue reading