Lawrence and Aaronsohn: T. E. Lawrence, Aaron Aaronsohn, and the Seeds of the Arab-Israeli Conflict - Hardcover

Florence, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670063517 ISBN 13: 9780670063512

Publisher: Viking Press Inc, 2007

Synopsis

How Lawrence of Arabia and a Jewish agronomist from Palestine mapped the land and conflicts of the modern Middle East In the turmoil of the First World War, while the Great Powers secretly plotted the future of the Middle East, a second lieutenant from Oxfordshire and a Jewish agronomist from Palestine audaciously imagined new nations-Arab and Jewish-rising from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. T. E. Lawrence, who would later become the iconic Lawrence of Arabia, used his assignment of coordinating Arab support for British war strategies to advance the dreams of an Arab state. Aaron Aaronsohn gave up a distinguished career in science and, with his sister Sarah, established a secret spy network in wartime Palestine, providing the intelligence that enabled the British victory over the Turks. Their arguments in wartime Cairo and at the Peace Conference in Paris presaged the political battles of the Middle East today. In this gripping narrative history, Ronald Florence resurrects the exploits and sacrifices of an unsung Zionist hero, deconstructs the legend of Lawrence of Arabia, and provides new perspectives on the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Florences well-written and frequently surprising work sheds light on usually neglected aspects of Middle Eastern history.
"Booklist"
Fascinating Florence has done marvelous work Lawrence and Aaronsohn, their times and places, positively come alive.
"Chicago Jewish Star"

Florence skillfully blends geopolitical history and cloak-and-dagger tales
"The New Yorker"
Florences well-written and frequently surprising work sheds light on usually neglected aspects of Middle Eastern history.
"Booklist"
Fascinating Florence has done marvelous work Lawrence and Aaronsohn, their times and places, positively come alive.
"Chicago Jewish Star"

a In crafting complex and absorbing portraits of his two protagonists, Florence has produced a singular and important book that does much to illuminate the roots of todayas debates over borders and birthrights in the troubled Middle East.a
a"The Providence Journal"

In crafting complex and absorbing portraits of his two protagonists, Florence has produced a singular and important book that does much to illuminate the roots of today s debates over borders and birthrights in the troubled Middle East.
"The Providence Journal"

? In crafting complex and absorbing portraits of his two protagonists, Florence has produced a singular and important book that does much to illuminate the roots of today's debates over borders and birthrights in the troubled Middle East.?
?"The Providence Journal"

Synopsis:

How a second lieutenant from Oxfordshire and a Jewish agronomist from Palestine mapped the land and conflicts of the modern Middle East. Historian Florence provides new perspectives on the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the turmoil of World WarI, while the Great Powers secretly plotted the future of the Middle East, Lawrence of Arabia and

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Press Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0670063517
• ISBN 13: 9780670063512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480