2020, ISBN: 9781472834881

The Campaign in the Desert 1916 18, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), WINNER OF THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021'A riveting account of T. E. Lawrence's battles on and off the battlefiel… Plus…

The Campaign in the Desert 1916 18, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), WINNER OF THE BRITISH ARMY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021'A riveting account of T. E. Lawrence's battles on and off the battlefield Using scrupulous research and succinct prose, Johnson provides a gold mine of stratagems a must-read for military leaders to come!'Arnel P. David, Lt Col, US Army Special Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff (UK)'An innovative study of Lawrence that carefully and intelligently examines his campaigns and thinking on irregular warfare, and in doing so produces an accessible and intellectually stimulating work of military history.'James Kitchen, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst'This is a major contribution to the literature on the Middle East in the Great War, and the history of military ideas - and it is highly relevant to contemporary armed force.'Professor Gary Sheffield, University of WolverhamptonLawrence of Arabia is one of the most iconic figures of the First World War, seen by many as a heroic and romantic guerrilla leader in a period of savage and deeply impersonal industrial warfare. While Lawrence himself has been the subject of many biographies, and an award-winning film, the context of his war in the desert, and his ideas on war itself, are less well known.Lawrence of Arabia on War is a study of those ideas and of his campaign of irregular warfare which has informed tactical theory and decision-making down to the present day, juxtaposed alongside the operations conducted by the Ottoman Empire and those of the Allied army in Palestine. It explores the challenges he faced in a complex environment against a more numerous and better armed adversary, and the manner in which he assessed what was changing, what was distinctive, and what was unique to guerrilla warfare in the desert. Setting Lawrence in his historical context, it examines the peace settlement process he participated in during 1919 20, analyses how other military writers made use of his ideas, and describes the ways in which his legacy has informed and inspired those partnering and mentoring local forces today. [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing], Seiten: 256, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020<

ISBN: 9781472834881

One hundred years ago, Captain Lawrence and an unlikely band of Arab irregulars captured the strategic port of Aqaba after an epic journey through waterless tracts of desert. Their attack… Plus…

One hundred years ago, Captain Lawrence and an unlikely band of Arab irregulars captured the strategic port of Aqaba after an epic journey through waterless tracts of desert. Their attacks on railways during the Great War are well known and have become the stuff of legend, but while Lawrence himself has been the subject of fascinating biographies, as well as an award-winning film, the context of his war in the desert, and his ideas on war itself, are less well-known. This new title offers a high-paced evaluation of T. E. Lawrence 'of Arabia' and the British military operations in the Near East, revising and adding to conventional narratives in order to tell the full story of this influential figure, as well as the Ottoman-Turkish perspective, and the Arabs' position, within the context of the war. It is also a study of warfare and the manner in which Lawrence and others made their assessments of what was changing, what was distinctive, and what was unique to the desert environment. This book sets Lawrence in context, examines the peace settlement he participated in, and describes how Lawrence's legacy has informed and inspired those partnering and mentoring local forces to the present day. E-Book, Bloomsbury UK<

2020, ISBN: 9781472834881

The Campaign in the Desert 1916 18, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing], Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020