Masters of Mayhem: Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz

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 m