Showing posts with label Gertrude Bell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gertrude Bell. Show all posts

Saturday, April 14, 2012

The Arab War

       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.