Desert insurgency: archaeology, T.E. Lawrence, and the Arab revolt
This unique archaeological account from Nicholas Saunders tells the story of the origins of modern guerrilla warfare during the Arab Revolt of 1916-18. The discovery of an unknown conflict landscape reveals the dramatic exploits of T. E. Lawrence, Emir Feisal, Bedouin warriors, and their attacks on...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press USA- OSO
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Saunders, Nicholas J., 1953-, Desert insurgency : archaeology, T.E. Lawrence, and the Arab revolt] (2024) (Fraser, Adam J.)
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| Summary: | This unique archaeological account from Nicholas Saunders tells the story of the origins of modern guerrilla warfare during the Arab Revolt of 1916-18. The discovery of an unknown conflict landscape reveals the dramatic exploits of T. E. Lawrence, Emir Feisal, Bedouin warriors, and their attacks on the Hejaz Railway during the First World War. Cover -- Desert Insurgency -- copyright -- Dedication -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES -- NOTES -- MAPS -- 1 Introduction -- The Great Arab Revolt Project -- 2 Into the Ghost-land -- 3 Archaeology, Material Worlds, and the Arab Revolt -- The First World War as the Archaeology of Modern Conflict -- Archaeology, Anthropology, and the Arab Revolt -- Material Worlds of the Arab Revolt -- 4 The Hejaz Railway Faith, Conflict, and Afterlife -- Construction and Conflict 1900-16 -- From Ma'an to Mudawwara 1904-1905/6 -- Afterlife, 1918-2018 -- 5 Guerrillas and the 'Sultan's Mule' -- A Strategic Shift -- The Final Push to Damascus -- 6 Conflict on Jebel Sherra: Ma'an to the Blockhouse -- Ma'an Station -- An Archaeology of Attack, the Battle of Ma'an -- The Railway South -- Ghadir al Haj Station and its Karakolls -- Bir Shedia Station -- Birds Nest Camp -- The Blockhouse -- 7 'Belly of the Beast': Abdullah's Fort to Batn al-Ghoul -- Makins' Fort -- Saleh's Fort and Camp -- The Round Fort -- Aqabat Hejazia Station -- The Fassu'ah Ridge Sector -- Fassu'ah Ridge Fort -- The Fassu'ah Ridge Sector Sites -- Batn al-Ghoul Station -- The Northern Camp -- The Southern Camp -- The North-west Camp -- The Batn al-Ghoul Loop Trench -- 8 Forts, Stations, and Ancestors: Wadi Rutm to Tel Shahm -- Wadi Rutm Station and its Conflict Landscape -- The Station -- The Turkish Army Camp -- Midway Fort -- Wadi Rutm Fort -- A Temporary Caravan Stop -- Siddons' Ridge Camp -- Siddons' Bridge Fort -- Tel Shahm Station and Landscape -- Tel Shahm Camp North -- Tel Shahm Fort -- Tel Shahm Camp South -- Tel Shahm Fort South -- Tel Shahm Station -- 9 Concealment, Raiding, and Ambush: Tooth Hill to Hallat Ammar -- Tooth Hill and its Camps -- Tooth Hill Camp -- Tooth Hill Camp West -- Ramleh Station -- Mudawwara and its Conflict Landscape -- The Northern Redoubt. |
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| ISBN: | 0191030716 |