TY - BOOK AU - Barr,James TI - Setting the desert on fire: T.E. Lawrence and Britain's secret war in Arabia, 1916-1918 SN - 0393060403 (hardcover) PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Co. KW - Lawrence, T. E. KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Campaigns KW - Arab countries KW - Arabian Peninsula KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-362) and index; 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 ER -