Behind the Lawrence Legend: The Forgotten Few Who Shaped the Arab RevoltOxford University Press, 2 лют. 2018 р. - 304 стор. T. E. Lawrence became world-famous as 'Lawrence of Arabia', after helping Sherif Hussein of Mecca gain independence from Turkey during the Arab Revolt of 1916-18. His achievements, however, would have been impossible without the unsung efforts of a forgotten band of fellow officers and spies. This groundbreaking account by Philip Walker interweaves the compelling stories of Colonel Cyril Wilson and a colourful supporting cast with the narrative of Lawrence and the desert campaign. These men's lost tales provide a remarkable and fresh perspective on Lawrence and the Arab Revolt. While Lawrence and others blew up trains in the desert, Wilson and his men carried out their shadowy intelligence and diplomatic work. His deputies rooted out anti-British jihadists who were trying to sabotage the revolt. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Lionel Gray, a cipher officer, provided a gateway into unknown aspects of the revolt through his previously unpublished photographs and eyewitness writings. Wilson's crucial influence underpinned all these missions and steadied the revolt on a number of occasions when it could have collapsed. Without Wilson and his circle there would have been no 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Yet Wilson's band mostly fell through the cracks of history into obscurity. "Behind the Lawrence Legend" reveals their vital impact and puts Lawrence's efforts into context, thus helping to set the record straight for one of the most beguiling and iconic characters of the twentieth century. |
Зміст
Anything could happen in such a place | 1 |
A town that hung heavy on the soul | 14 |
A vast panIslamic conspiracy | 23 |
Sharing a Cabin with Lawrence | 36 |
Just go on sticking it | 47 |
Camels and Secrets | 59 |
Combat and Confusion | 69 |
Sabotage Golf and Betrayal | 81 |
Alarms and Excursions | 150 |
Aqaba Calling | 162 |
Fairy Godmothers tothe Arab Revolt | 174 |
Use great caution The Curious Case of Agent Maurice | 182 |
Endgame | 194 |
Aftermath | 204 |
Epilogue | 215 |
PostArab Revolt Biographies | 223 |
Aqaba the Arab Legion and Jam RolyPoly | 93 |
Hopes and Fears | 105 |
Great Escapes | 116 |
Someone you once knew and a King | 126 |
Blood brother of the Bedouins | 138 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 267 |
Picture Acknowledgements | 275 |
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Abdullah agent Allenby Allenby's Aqaba Arab Army Arab Bulletin Arab Bureau Arab Revolt Arabia Armenian armoured cars arrived attack Bassett Bedouin Bray Brémond British cable Cairo camels campaign Captain cipher officer Clayton Cochrane Colonel command Consulate Damascus December Deraa desert diary Egypt Egyptian Feisal forces French Goodchild Gray to Mabel Gray's Hashemite Hejaz Railway Hugh Drummond Pearson Ibn Saud India intelligence January Jeddah Joyce knew Lawrence's leader Letter from Gray Lieutenant Maan Major Maurice Mecca Medina Middle East military mission Muslim November October Ottoman Palestine pilgrimage Pillars of Wisdom port Rabegh raid Red Sea Red Sea Patrol role Ronald Storrs Royal Ruhi Scott Sea Patrol secret sent Seven Pillars Sheikh Sherif Hussein ships Sir Mark Sykes St Antony's College Sudan Suez Sykes–Picot Agreement Syria T. E. Lawrence told tribes troops Turkish Turks Vols I–IV Wadi Wejh Wilson to Wingate Wingate Papers wrote Yenbo