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Stand To! No.1 to No.132 Full Contents Listing
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Stand To! 1-131 Content Stand To 1 Spring 1981 Editorial Notes (Peter T. Scott) Serving members of the Western Front Association Early Days, New Paths and Acknowledgements Inaugural Meeting: John Terraine's Address. Historian John Terraine berates those who indulge in ‘purely tragic pilgrimages to the Western Front’. The Loving Care of the…
Ep. 96 – Lawrence of Arabia – Dr John Peaty
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Military historian Dr John Peaty talks about Lawrence of Arabia.
ONLINE: Lawrence and the Arab Revolt with Jim Tanner
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The presentation will be live and online. While the reasons are many and complex the decision made by the Ottoman Turks in October 1914 to enter the war against the Entente led directly to the turmoil that continues to affect the Middle East today. Back then, seeking to take advantage of the Turks being distracted elsewhere, the Arabs of the …
‘Lawrence of Arabia: Man, Movie and Myth’ – John Peaty.
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Lawrence was probably the most remarkable officer to have served in the British Army during the Great War, and the most famous. What most people know about Lawrence and the Arab Revolt is derived from an epic 1962 movie, which is great cinema but poor history. Dr Peaty will try to disentangle the man from the myth, examine the various portrayals of…