Lawrence was doing in the Arabian desert in the first place.įortunately, people can now turn to an outstanding book that will provide them with the full historical and political background - and much more. Of the film will leave viewers little the wiser about the reasons the British were supporting the Arabs, why the Ottoman Turks were allied with the Germans and what T. The recent rerelease of David Lean's film ''Lawrence of Arabia'' enables audiences to relive Britain's World War I campaign to carve an independent Arab state out of the old Ottoman Empire. His books include ''The British Empire in the Middle East.''Ī PEACE TO END ALL PEACE Creating the Modern Middle East 1914-1922. Roger Louis is the Kerr Professor of English History and Culture at the University of Texas, Austin, and is a fellow of St. Section 7, Column 1 Book Review Deskīy WM. THE GREAT MIDDLE EAST GAME, AND STILL NO WINNERĪugust 27, 1989, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
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