Military History Circle - TE Lawrence: Making Friends and Running an Insurgency in the Arab World

12:45, 13 Jul 2007
RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

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About the event:

James Barr will draw on four years' archival research and Middle Eastern study that culminated in his book, ‘Setting the Desert on Fire: Britain's secret war in Arabia 1916-18’. Barr assesses what lessons Lawrence of Arabia can offer in defeating insurgents and building alliances in the Arab world; exactly ninety years after Lawrence swept into Aqaba.

About the Author 

James Barr graduated from Oxford with a first in Modern History, went on to write leaders for the Daily Telegraph and now works in the City.  Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-18 was published by Bloomsbury in June 2006.

An optional £6 sandwich lunch shall be available from 1215.

If you would like to attend this event please contact Helen Wood on helenw@rusi.org

Event manager: Helen Wood, +44(0) 20 7747 2643