Recommend to read "The Peace to End All Peace" ---- The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East dispelling some of the myth and contribution of T.E. Laurence. Ibn Saud emerged victor over Hussein-Feisal propped up by T.E.L. through whom the British channeled financial support.
Recommend to read "The Peace to End All Peace" ---- The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East dispelling some of the myth and contribution of T.E. Laurence. Ibn Saud emerged victor over Hussein-Feisal propped up by T.E.L. through whom the British channeled financial support.
Lawrence said he was a failure, after the war as indeed he was, as was the whole of British policy right up until today...
Churchill was at his funeral, when he was still in the wilderness!