Lawrence's Influence On Aqaba

The wars of the Middle East over the past one hundred year are very complicated. When the Ottoman Empire chooses the losing side in WWI, then France and Britain started drawing new borders to the region as a result of the Sykes Picot agreement. After WWII, the United States intervened its force to change the governments of countries in the Middle East. Now, the same behaviors have been continued by the major powers in the world for their own interests, as stated by Jeffrey D. Sachs, the special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations on the Millennium development

In D.H Lawrence’s novel The Rainbow the woman is faced with a situation: a lust for a different life. One that is not based on blood-intimacy like the ideals of her rural family. One that allowed her to face away from the pulsing heat of the sun and explore the “magic land” where men were dominant and creative. However, it is a dream that she may never achieve. Since he used literary devices such as Irony and juxtaposition, it allowed him to characterize the woman and capture her situation.

The character of Amir goes through drastic changes as he moves from adolescence to adulthood. As a child Amir begins his life in Kabul, where his character is shaped through conflicts with his father and Hassan. Later, when he moves to America he leaves these conflicts behind and is able to create a stronger relationship with his father. However, when Amir is an adult he is called back to Afghanistan by an old friend to confront these earlier conflicts. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, observable changes can be seen in Amir’s character as he moves from Kabul, Fremont, and later back to Kabul.

In the Husayn/McMahon Correspondence, the Arabs promised that if the England sees Arab countries in a designated areas as independent, then they are allowed to economic interests as well as military and naval prospects. The British agree to see these Arab states independent except for all places controlled by the French. The winners in this agreement were the British because when Husayn disagreed with McMahon’s decision to protect French interests as well as the in Baghdad and Basra, McMahon passed on this part of the discussion for the later talks. Therefore Hysayn, the Arabs, are at a loss because they need the support of the British in order to be victorious in their

British for instance launched a sea attack against Ottoman Empire which led to great loss and defeat by the Ottoman army. Winston Churchill is found hesitant to withdraw his army due to the mentality of superiority over the ottoman army. The Ottoman Empire was not prepared to launch attacks.

The current Allied operational environment is defined by a single SLOC between England and its principal base in Alexandria. Loss of this supply line would cripple Allied forces and render their presence in the M/NATO Theater ineffective. This single point of failure must be protected in order to maintain a presence in North Africa and keep pressure on Axis forces.

At the beginning of the story, Lawrence was a bad, bad man. For example, he fired his best worker because he was eating at the job on his day off. Well, that night Lawrence saw the worker who he fired earlier that day at an Italian restaurant. He drives off disgusted. Then he looks over and sees his dead brother’s ghost was in a seatbelt sitting in the passenger seat. His brother starts telling him that he can do good but all he is doing is bad things. Then the ghost takes him to the night when the worker, whose name is Miguel, crying and talking with his wife about him getting fired. Miguel’s youngest son is giving his dad his piggy bank and that reminds Lawrence of what he did to his dad when he was a child. Lawrence then sees all of his

These tribes rallied with Allenby’s army and resulted in a defeat of the Ottomans at Deraa (Mack 163). Importantly, this success at Deraa diminished the already dwindling Turks forces, setting them up for defeat at Damascus. On September 19th, the day that Allenby captured Damascus, the Turkish forces were bombarded for fifteen minutes at 4:30 am by 385 guns. This full-scale infantry assault with ‘artillery barrage’ drove the Turks from their bunker. “So firmly had the Turks been convinced that the assault would be toward the Jordan River that they had thinned out their infantry on the coastal plain, and their defenses quickly crumbled” (Korda 411). “At about nine in the morning on Tuesday, (October 1,) Lawrence and Stirling drove into Damascus to find scenes of jubilation. Nuri Shaalan and Nasir had already entered the city, and the narrow streets of the old city of Damascus were “aflame with joy and enthusiasm’” (Barr 297). After the successful assault on Damascus, presses reported that ‘Colonel Lawrence played a part of the greatest importance in the Palestine victory.’ They also notably mentioned the tactics he used at Deraa (Wilson

The Battle of Gallipoli was a campaign during World War 1, between April 1915 through January 1916.It took place on the Gallipoli peninsula which forms the bank of the Dardanelles. This strait provided a sea route for the Russian Empire,which would allow the Allies to transport them supplies.Winston Churchill wanted to gain complete control of the peninsula,so they launched a naval attack on the strait and a land attack on the Ottoman capital.He hoped that the downfall of Constantinople would bring the downfall of Turkey.The attack failed and became one of the Ottoman’s greatest victories.This essay will describe the causes and effects of the battle.Also will describe in detail what occurred during this battle.

Lawrence of Arabia’s pioneering leadership strengthened the Allied cause by improving alignment between the Arabs and Allied Powers, made possible by his full immersion in Arab culture and intervention to unify Arab tribes. Lawrence’s command presence advanced the Allied Powers during the Arab Revolt by establishing goodwill between Arabs and English through his unique understanding and embrace of Arab culture. In January 1909 as an Oxford University student, Lawrence embarked on a tour of eastern Syria to gather the needed evidence and knowledge to write his senior thesis. While initially he expected to travel on roads following ancient Roman infrastructure, Lawrence instead trekked through the Arabian deserts and mountains spanning over a

Amir has an extremely complex association with Baba, and as much as Amir loves Baba, he once in a while feels Baba completely adores him back. Amir's yearning to win Baba's warmth in this way motivates him not to stop Hassan's ambush. Baba has his own specific inconvenience taking up with Amir. He feels remorseful treating Amir well when he can't perceive Hassan as his tyke. In like manner, he is a huge test for Amir, and he can simply exhibit his worship for Hassan in a circuitous manner, by bringing Hassan along when he takes Amir out, for event, or paying for Hassan's lip surgery. Alternately with this, the most revering relationship amidst father and youngster we see is that of Hassan and Sohrab. Hassan, regardless, is executed, and toward

In February 1940, Rommel was named commander of the 7th Panzer division. The next year, he was appointed commander of German troops, The Afrika Korps, in North Africa. Rommel’s most important achievement was his defeat of the British at Gazala in May 1942. The British came back 5 months later at El Alamein, when the British imperial army won the battle under Bernard Montgomery. Rommel took the survivors of his Panzerarmee to Tunisia. By then the British and Americans had landed in North Africa, the British Eighth Army had reconquered Tripolitania and was on the Tunisian border, and the Germans were hemmed in, isolated and facing overwhelming odds.

Balfour shared Henley’s view in principle that Mesopotamia could supply the British Empire with oil, a natural resource that she had shortage of. Balfour asserted “I do not care under what system we keep the oil, whether it is by a perpetual lease or whatever it may be, but I am quite clear it is all-important for us that this oil should be available.”LIoyd George for his part favoured a military occupation of Mosul Wilayat before the end of the war.

to relieve the siege of Khost by again attacking the Mujahideen strong point at Zhawar (Jalali &

Operation Lightfoot: The British offensive in North Africa - 2nd Battle of El Alamein, Egypt.