T.E. Lawrence: an Arab ViewSuleiman Mousa, who is the author of several books in Arabic and works in the Press and Information Department in Amman, wrote this book after a study of the literature on T. E. Lawrence had convinced him that although there were books written to praise Lawrence and others written to discredit him, all of them exaggerated his part in the Arab Revolt and failed to do justice to the Arabs themselves. Using little known Arab sources, and with the help of many survivors and observers of the Revolt, the author considers again the story as told by Lawrence and his biographers; he questions Lawrence's version of many of the incidents in which he took part and examines the sincerity of his belief in Arab independence -- Dust jacket. |
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REVOLT IN ARABIA | 13 |
WEJH TO AQABA | 64 |
PUNCHING THE TURK | 93 |
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