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Book Review of Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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Wonderful book! It bounced around between 4 audacious and tempestuous young men (mostly Lawrence, of course), and how they affected World War One and the Middle East. Hardly any mention of the Cairo Conference in 1921, which was kind of the culmination of it all.