I have most of what has been written about T.E. Lawrence--and, what he wrote about himself. This book is a slim compendium of assorted "facts" (i.e.,opinions in the deconstructionist mode)about various arab tribes/factions/alliances/nations in the Middle East--over about 10 years in the early 1900's.
There are no explanations/reference/linkages for the host of place and tribe names spewed forth in the early pages.

As to Lawrence of Arabia; Lawrence is puffed off and little of this thin(literally and figuratively) book really deals with him at all. Rather, the author has his favorites as to whom History really should given accolades for the Arab Revolt and other happenings during the 1910-1920 era.

This book may become beloved of the decostructionist History/lit crit crowd, as it it baseless opinion dressed up as (pseudo-) fact and scholarship.

The pictures are no big deal and the color plates are forgettable. The only reason I rate it one star is because ther is not a no-star category
A waste of money to buy--I wish I had not! Anyone out there want it?? Ron

Lots of flashy colors and photos but little or no structure to the content.

Adjoining chapters are structured differently and written with different "voices" so the book is difficult to read straight through. Many photos seem selected purely for shock value and contribute no substance to the topic.

Specific emergency care procedures are rarely set apart from description and assessment. In those rare cases where step by step emergency procedures are set apart with a subhead and in a separate paragraph, they appear as many as ten pages away from the description. Making this generally useless as a reference book.

The final insult is that at least a quarter of the entire book isn't indexed. They didn't index scenarios or appendices so the information in more than a quarter of the book can only be found by serendipity.