Guerrilla Leader: T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt by James J. Schneider
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Overview: Reclaiming T. E. Lawrence from hype and legend, James J. Schneider offers a startling reexamination of this leaders critical role in shaping the modern Middle East. Just how did this obscure British junior intelligence officer, unschooled in the art of war, become Lawrence of Arabia and inspire a loosely affiliated cluster of desert tribes to band together in an all-or-nothing insurgency against their Turkish overlords? The answers have profound implications for our time as well, as a new generation of revolutionaries pulls pages from Lawrences playbook of irregular warfare.
Blowing up trains and harassing supply lines with dynamite and audacity, Lawrence drove the mighty armies of the Ottoman Turks to distraction and brought the Arabs to the brink of self-determination. But his success hinged on more than just innovative tactics: As he immersed himself in Arab culture, Lawrence learned that a traditional Western-style hierarchical command structure could not work in a tribal system where warriors lead not only an army but an entire community. Weaving quotations from Lawrences own writings with the histories of his greatest campaigns, Schneider shows how this stranger in a strange land evolved over time into the model of the self-reflective, enabling leader who eschews glory for himself but instead seeks to empower his followers. Guerrilla Leader also offers a valuable analysis of Lawrences innovative theories of insurgency and their relevance to the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East.
Genre: Non Fiction , History / Military
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