To begin the world over again: Lawrence of Arabia from Damascus to Baghdad
Hulsman, John C.
The little-known story of Lawrence of Arabia's passionate advocacy of Arab nationalism during the pivotal years following WWI and his prescient template for nation building in the Middle East. INDICE: I Like it Well, But it is Far From Damascus - We Are Calling Them to Fight for Us On a Lie, and I Can't Stand it - There is a Point Where Coddling Becomes Wicked - My Dreams Puffed Out Like Candles, in the Strong Wind of Success - The Old Men Came Out Again And Took Our Victory To Remake In The Likeness Of the Former World They Knew - Suddenly I Awoke to Find Myself Famous - There is a Dry Wind Blowing Through the East, and the Parched Grasses Await the Spark - Another Such Victory and We Are Undone - On a Hot Sunday Afternoon, I Created Transjordan - The Edifice That Has Not Firm Foundations Make Not Lofty; and if Thou Dost, Tremble For it - It is Impossible For a Foreigner to RunAnother People of Their Own Free Will Indefinitely, and My Innings Has Been aFairly Long One
- ISBN: 978-0-230-61742-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 25/09/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés