In this episode we will discuss how Lawrence's medievalism gave him a tremendous advantage serendipitously advising and leading the local Arab revolt during WWI against the Turks and more deeply, Allied efforts to map a post-war world. His predilections in study, preparation and application of his 27 points led to a success the British army and the larger Allied effort could not have achieved without him.
References:
Scott Anderson Lawrence of Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
James J. Schneider Guerrilla Leader: TE Lawrence and the Arab Revolt
TE Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Desmond Stewart TE Lawrence: A New Biography
Jeremy Wilson Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorized Biography of TE Lawrence
Ranulph Fiennes Lawrence of Arabia: My Journey in Search of T. E. Lawrence
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