In World War I, with the failure at Gallipoli, the British high command decided to open a second front against the Ottomans by encouraging the Arab Revolt led by the Sharif of Mecca. The nerve center of this effort was the Arab Bureau; their classified house organ was the Arab Bulletin. Excerpted from these reports are Miss Bell's contributions to this secret publication; they manifest her prescience, her piercing intelligence and her superb command of the English language. |