Introduction

Thomas edward lawrence was a military intelligence officer sent to lias with arab irregular forces fighting the ottoman empire in the first world war. He is considered the intellectual wellspring of guerilla warfare, and his reputation became legendary. Rob johnson: There are three major approaches to lawrence, which indicate the power of the past to haunt the present. The second is lawrence as a military thinker, a rather misunderstood legacy. The third is how his ideas abo rowed, re shaped and re used for purposes of the present.