A REVOLT INTHE DESSERT (FAUJI DAYS MILITARY CLASSICS), T.E. LAWRENCE

Revolt in the Desert is the most readable and condensed version of TE Lawrence’s masterpiece Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Lawrence rewrote it because he found his earlier work cumbersome with many snap judgements that he had reason to regret. Better known as Lawrence of Arabia, his thrilling account vividly brings to life the daring guerrilla campaign he led during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The Arabs were loosely affiliated, tribal, and disunited at the time. Even the most senior Prince Faisal did not command uniform loyalty and was most firmly under the heel of the organized Turks of the Ottoman Empire. With the Turkish declaration of War against the Allies, the British set about seeing if they could raise ferment and revolt on the long desert flank of their enemy.