Setting the Desert on Fire: T.E. Lawrence and Britain’s Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918

Description

“During World War I, the region now known as the Middle East was a turbulent, violent zone, as warring Western powers scrabbled for resources and influence while the locals–the Arabs and the Turks of the Ottoman Empire–fought their own battles and found their own allies” — inside cover.

• Author: James Barr
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Published: 2008
• Pages: 410
• ISBN-13: 9780393060409