discussed in biographyBritish archaeological scholar, military strategist, and author best known for his legendary war activities in the Middle East during World War I and for his account of those activities in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926).
guerrilla warfare...Ottoman soldiers to risk doing battle, but in any case killing the enemy was secondary to killing his line of communication. In Lawrence’s words (published in his classic account The Seven Pillars of Wisdom ), “the death of a Turkish bridge or rail” was more important than attacking a well-defended garrison. Lawrence kept discipline and organization...
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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