Talk London MAY 17, Lawrence of Arabia

[MaureenE]

Lawrence of Arabia's War - A Talk by Neil Faulkner, author of Lawrence of Arabia's War 

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Thu 17 May 2018 19:00 – 20:30 BST 

Southwark Cathedral London Bridge  London SE1 9DA

 

From the description given 

"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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Maureen

Edited 10 April , 2018 by Maureene