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- 256 páginas
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Through his swashbuckling adventures during the improbable Arab Revolt of World War I, T.E. Lawrence developed a unique philosophy for working with developing peoples. He then embarked on a heroic effort, harnessing his celebrity to force the British to keep the promises they made to their Arab allies. Lawrence famously said of British efforts to further Arab €œBetter to let them do it imperfectly than do it perfectly yourself, for it is their country, their war, and your time is short.€ He applied his extensive knowledge of the Arab world to a political vision for nation building in the Middle East whose insights continue to resonate today. In the end, however, Lawrence€™s efforts to stop Western powers from carving up the Middle East at Versailles fell tragically short, laying the foundations for the ongoing instability in that region.Weaving together a gripping historical narrative of Lawrence€™s dramatic Middle East adventur
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- Subtítulo
- Lawrence of Arabia from Damascus to Baghdad
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Hulsman John C.
- Editorial
- St. Martin's Press
- Publicado en
- 2009
- Formato
- Tapa dura
- Páginas
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0230617425
- ISBN13
- 9780230617421
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Tema histórico, Historia, Tecnología & Ingeniería, EE.UU., Historia militar, Militar, Siglo XX, Biografías, Literatura especializada, Gran Bretaña, Europa, África, Historia de Europa, Libros, Primera Guerra Mundial (1914–1918), Soldados, Ciencias humanas
- Calificación
- 3,95 de 5
- Descripción
- Through his swashbuckling adventures during the improbable Arab Revolt of World War I, T.E. Lawrence developed a unique philosophy for working with developing peoples. He then embarked on a heroic effort, harnessing his celebrity to force the British to keep the promises they made to their Arab allies. Lawrence famously said of British efforts to further Arab €œBetter to let them do it imperfectly than do it perfectly yourself, for it is their country, their war, and your time is short.€ He applied his extensive knowledge of the Arab world to a political vision for nation building in the Middle East whose insights continue to resonate today. In the end, however, Lawrence€™s efforts to stop Western powers from carving up the Middle East at Versailles fell tragically short, laying the foundations for the ongoing instability in that region.Weaving together a gripping historical narrative of Lawrence€™s dramatic Middle East adventur