About ten years ago I met a very interesting Israeli man who collected biographies of T.E. in all languages. At... [MORE]

Stephen Bennett 

Mar 3, 2008 13:12

I am getting very tired of revisionist versions of recent history written by persons with no experieince of the world...

Randal Mcmurphy 

Feb 24, 2008 23:53

'War is hell', most restaurant meals are based on slaughter but that dosen't inhibit cookery articles. We all have to... [MORE]

Rihard Barrett 

Feb 26, 2008 16:30

It shows committment to go out and visit the battlegrounds mentioned and to know they are there, ths echoes Lawrences... [MORE]

Richard Barrett 

Feb 22, 2008 15:48

In Shooting an Elephant, Orwell also writes of the colonialist: "It is the condition of his rule that he shall... [MORE]

john boland 

Feb 22, 2008 04:43

Lawrence specifically excluded Palestine West of the Jordan from the area promised to Faisal. The fact that the Balfour Declaration... [MORE]

JJ 

Feb 21, 2008 17:21

"a junior officer was able to remake the Middle East according to his own whim...." Oh really? Lawrence was a... [MORE]

Robert Baker 

Feb 21, 2008 05:32

Lawrence and his Arabs did not enter Damascus "just in front of General Allenby's..", but rather entered the south gate... [MORE]

Mike Larkin 

Feb 22, 2008 06:52

There was an amazing film about the charge on Beersheba - it had one of the most breathtaking scenes -... [MORE]

Sophia 

Feb 22, 2008 16:41

There is nothing very new in any of this - either the books or the reviews. My own impression of... [MORE]

Mick Sherman 

Feb 21, 2008 02:55

When ever I read weeping comments or rememberences of past,I can understand that famous prank=White man's burden.
Today no place for... [MORE]

Ramesh Raghuvanshi 

Feb 21, 2008 02:29

Mr. Kirsch can pile on now but we can all be we thankful there was a British Empire in 1940.... [MORE]

Norm Frink 

Feb 21, 2008 00:10

Instead of castigating Mr Kirsch, I would try and imagine what "unimaginable masses" from the Western, read, white, world would... [MORE]

Vithal C Nadkarni 

Feb 21, 2008 04:41

The last successful cavalry charge in History took place during the Desert War Campaign at Beersheba. The Australian Light Horse... [MORE]

Norman Hanscombe 

Feb 21, 2008 18:57

Recently I discovered that I had a great uncle in the Imperial Camel Corps. I have known since I was... [MORE]

margaret 

Feb 21, 2008 21:20

Mr. Nadkarni reveals himself by equating prospective Nazi rule in Britain with British rule in India. I suppose that's the... [MORE]

Norm Frink 

Feb 23, 2008 13:36