title: Guerrilla Leader: T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt
author: James Schneider
description: <b>Praise for <i>Guerrilla Leader<br></i></b><br><i>Guerrilla Leader</i> provides an authoritative analysis of Lawrence's military and political achievements. Schneider gets the reader inside Lawrence's head so that you feel acutely his anxieties, musings, and doubts. Pairing a sweeping, compelling narrative of the Arab revolt with a piercing and intimate psychological portrait, <i>Guerrilla Leader</i> brings Lawrence to life for contemporary readers."<br>&mdash;Craig M. Mullaney, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier&rsquo;s Education<br><br>"<i>Guerilla Leader</i> provides an important new window onto the achievements of T.E. Lawrence. Schneider's fresh and surprising portrait of Lawrence makes this remarkable figure startlingly relevant to today's world."<br>&mdash;Steven Pressfield, Bestselling author of <i>Gates of Fire<br></i><br>"<i>Guerrilla Leader</i> is much more than an insightful history of a fascinating campaign. James Schneider has written a rich study of leadership and command &ndash; read it to better understand our adversaries and ourselves."<br>&mdash;Nathaniel C. Fick, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>One Bullet Away<br></i></i>
zlib_text: Contents
  Preface
  List of Illustrations
  Maps
   
  1
   T. E. Lawrence and Contemporary Ideas on War
  2
   Depth not Face: The Making of an Insurgency
  3
   Extending the Flank: The Manoeuvre to Wejh
  4
   Seizing the ‘Kingfisher Moment’: The Learning Curve of Resistance
  5
   The Indirect Strategy and the Capture of Aqaba
  6
   Culminating Point at Aqaba
  7
   Railway Raids and Lawrence’s Conception of Mature Guerrilla Warfare
  8
   Movement as the Law of Strategy: The Battle of Tafila
  9
   Fighting Alongside Local Forces
  10
   By, With and Through: Integrating Local Forces in Allenby’s Campaign
  11
   Towards Armageddon: Operations Against Deraa
  12
   Hybrid Warfare: Air and Mobile Operations
  13
   The Deep Battle: Megiddo and the Final Phase of Guerrilla Operations
  14
   Lawrence on Strategy and Politics
  15
   Instrumentalizing Lawrence’s Ideas in Other Wars
  16
   Rethinking Lawrence and His Ideas on War
  Notes
  List of Abbreviations
  Select Bibliography
  Plates
  
  Preface
  T. E. Lawrence ‘of Arabia’ is an iconic figure, not only in 