My interest in T.E. Lawrence focuses on his contribution to the theory of insurgency and asymmetrical warfare. Lawrence quite literally wrote the opening, 20th century chapter of that ongoing book in his Seven Pillars of Wisdom. read more
In a sense, Katniss Everdeen is an post-apocalyptic Lawrence of Arabia. Critical scholars understand the political role played by Lawrence of Arabia and other Westerners who visited the region as part of the ideology of Orientalism (Said, 1979). read more