At first a shy Oxford scholar and archaeologist with a facility for languages, he joined and went on to lead the Arab. Lawrenceforever known as Lawrence of Arabiarecounts his role in the origin of the modern Arab world. Soon nicknamed “Prince Dynamite,” Lawrence showed himself to be - in the words of military historian B.H. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (The Authorized Doubleday/Doran Edition) Kindle Edition. Highly mobile fighters on camelback, he argued, could strike the enemy unexpectedly, then quickly disappear into the desert they knew so well. Surprisingly, the young Oxford graduate, not yet 30, first earned the trust of Feisal, then persuaded the Bedouins to adopt hit-and-run battle tactics. Because Lawrence had spent time on archaeological digs and could speak Arabic, he was commissioned as a liaison between the British army and the ragtag rebel forces. At roughly the same time, Sharif Hussein ibn Ali inaugurated an independence movement - largely spearheaded by two of his sons, Ali and Feisal - to break free of Turkish domination. During World War I, the Ottoman Empire allied itself with Germany, which led Great Britain to send troops to the Middle East. If you’ve seen David Lean’s breathtaking film “ Lawrence of Arabia,” you already know the overall arc of the narrative.
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