Name: Masters of Mayhem: Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz (en Inglés)
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Author: Stejskal, James
ISBN: 9781612005744

portada Masters of Mayhem: Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

James Stejskal

Editorial

Casemate

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

304

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

23.1 x 16.0 x 2.8 cm

Peso

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9781612005744

Categorías

África
Primera guerra mundial (c. 1914-c. 1918)
Biografías de personas históricas, políticos y soldados
Historias reales de la guerra
Historia de africa
Primera guerra mundial

Masters of Mayhem: Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz (en Inglés)

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Silver Medal winner in Military History Matters 'Book of the Year' Award"Written with great accuracy, detail, enthusiasm, and insight..." Military History Matters judges' commentStriking where the enemy is weakest and melting away into the darkness before he can react. Never confronting a stronger force directly, but willing to use audacity and surprise to confound and demoralize an opponent. Operations driven by good intelligence, area knowledge, mobility, speed, firepower, and detailed planning executed by a few specialists with indigenous warriors - this is unconventional warfare.T. E. Lawrence was one of the earliest practitioners of modern unconventional warfare. His tactics and strategies were used by men like Mao and Giap in their wars of liberation. Both kept Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom close at hand. This book looks at the creation of the HEDGEHOG force, the formation of armored car sections and other units, and focuses on the Hejaz Operations Staff, the Allied officers and men who took Lawrence's idea and prosecuted it against the Ottoman Turkish army assisting Field Marshal Allenby to achieve victory in 1918.Stejskal concludes with an examination of how HEDGEHOG has influenced special operations and unconventional warfare, including Field Marshal Wavell, the Long Range Desert Group, and David Stirling's SAS