War by Revolution: Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War 1

War by Revolution is the first comprehensive study of the World War I rivalry between Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East. McKale examines how both countries waged war by revolution, attempting to incite native peoples to revolt against the other. German leaders believed they could organize and exploit a unified Islam to stoke the fire of native Muslim revolts against the British in Egypt and India and they inflamed anti-British passions in the Turkish provinces of Arabia and Mesopotamia and in Libya, Abyssinia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Key British leaders panicked after defeats at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. With the help of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), they assisted the Arab Revolt of 1916 that contributed to the defeat of Turkey.