Justin Marozzi

The tragedy of Arabia

Lawrence’s vision was betrayed in a shabby colonial carve-up — and the Middle East has been paying the price ever since, according to Neil Faulkner’s biography

  • Lawrence of Arabia’s War: The Arabs, the British and the Remaking of the Middle East in WWI

    Neil Faulkner

    Yale, pp. 552

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