04069cam a2200589 4500 525936466 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781483068558 1483068552 288ae45e-c0a8-47f0-b1b6-8c9da75b65f6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9781982515843 9781982515843 1348909 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Anderson, Scott. Lawrence in Arabia [OverDrive] : War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Blackstone Publishing, 2013. Ottoman Empire. 1900s. WWI. Middle East. Turkey. archaeologist. 20th Century. World War I. twentieth century. Archaeology. Turks. Aaron Aaronsohn. Arab Revolt. Curt Pruefer. William Yale. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 653MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 653MB. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in twentieth century history—the Arab Revolt and the secret game to control the Middle East</p> <p>The Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. Lawrence, "a sideshow of a sideshow." As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power. Curt Prüfer was an academic attached to the German embassy in Cairo whose clandestine role was to foment jihad against British rule. Aaron Aaronsohn was a renowned agronomist and committed Zionist who gained the trust of the Ottoman governor of Palestine even as he built an elaborate anti-Ottoman spy ring. William Yale was a fallen scion of the American aristocracy who traveled the Ottoman Empire on behalf of Standard Oil, dissembling to the Turks in order to gain valuable oil concessions. At the center of it all was Lawrence. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist digging ruins in Syria; by 1917 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army, as he fought a rearguard action against his own government and its imperial ambitions.</p> <p>Based on four years of intensive primary document research, Lawrence in Arabia definitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed. Sweeping in its action, keen in its portraiture, acid in its condemnation of the destruction wrought by European colonial plots, this is a book that brilliantly captures the way in which the folly of the past creates the anguish of the present.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Best Audio Books. Notable Books for Adults. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Hillgartner, Malcolm. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/1348909-LawrenceInArabia.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/1348909-LawrenceInArabia.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=288AE45E-C0A8-47F0-B1B6-8C9DA75B65F6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/1348909-LawrenceInArabia.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/1348909-LawrenceInArabia.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=288AE45E-C0A8-47F0-B1B6-8C9DA75B65F6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)