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02274cam a2200397 a 4500 001 935134702B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 070924s2008 nyuab b 001 0deng 010 $a 2007039274 020 $a 0393335275 020 $a 9780393335279 020 $a 0393060403 (hbk.) 020 $a 9780393060409 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)154706833 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BAKER $d JP3 $d Q2Z $d JQF $d BWX $d IXA $d SMP $d CQU $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a ar----- $a ar----- 050 00 $a D568.4 $b .B37 2008 082 00 $a 940.4/15092 $2 22 100 1 $a Barr, James, $d 1976- 245 1 $a Setting the desert on fire : $b T.E. Lawrence and Britain's secret war in Arabia, 1916-1918 / $c James Barr. 250 $a 1st American ed. 260 $a New York : $b W.W. Norton & Co., $c 2008. 300 $a xii, 382 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-362) and index. 505 0 $a Key figures in this book -- Maps -- A note on the text -- Prologue -- A clear-thinking hatchet man -- Will this do? -- The uprising starts and stutters -- The blame game begins -- The French arrive -- This was the man -- Crisis over Rabigh -- Turning point -- Wajh -- The first railway raids -- Differences over tactics -- Fighting for us on a lie -- Stalemate in the Hijaz -- Triumph at Aqaba -- The impact of Aqaba -- Impolitic truths -- Difficult times -- Gaza and Yarmuk : victory and failure -- Dara or Azrak : where was Lawrence? (15-21 November 1917) -- The Balfour declaration and its aftermath -- Fighting de luxe -- New conditions -- A complete muck-up -- Preparing for the push -- Holding operations -- The Dara raid -- The road to Damascus -- A house with no door -- Epilogue. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Campaigns $z Arab countries. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Campaigns $z Arabian Peninsula. 651 0 $a Arab countries $x Politics and government $y 20th century. 600 10 $a Lawrence, T. E. $q (Thomas Edward), $d 1888-1935. 941 $a 3 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528042715.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180703063118.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=935134702B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search