{"product_id":"war-in-the-desert-john-glubb-9780854952991","title":"War in the Desert: An R.A.F. Frontier Campaign","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn enlightening account of the R.A.F.'s perilous early desert flying days in Iraq and what is now known as Saudi Arabia in the 1920s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis record of Britain's imperial intervention in unfamiliar and often uncharted territory is the perfect read for fans of T.E. Lawrence, R.H. Leishout, Ian Rutledge, and David E. Omissi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1920, a young John Bagot Glubb is posted to Iraq as a regular army officer having survived the First World War. With the R.A.F. struggling to recruit officers to establish security outposts supporting flying operations in the desert, he was offered a position on the Air Staff. Already learning Arabic and with an affinity for the Iraqi people, he enthusiastically took up the challenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing his own diaries, records, and recollections, Glubb vividly and affectionately recounts his time with the Bedouin tribes in the hostile Arabian desert. With British authorities attempting to establish lasting peace between warring tribes, Glubb immerses himself in Bedouin culture. During this time, constant desert raiding parties are devastating the lives of the peaceful Iraqi nomadic shepherds. Battling to offer protection with limited communications, few motor vehicles, and intermittent air support, he does what he can to protect the traditional way of life of a people little understood by those in power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough Glubb's extraordinary personal account, the reader gains real insight into the difficulties of organizing Western governance and defence in a country far from home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most sympathetic and revealing of all Glubb's writings.'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStatesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This welcome volume gives the author once more the opportunity of showing how completely unrivalled he is in penetrating the Arab mind.'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Glubb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0854952993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780854952991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sapere Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86d","brand":"John Glubb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962527633663,"sku":"9780854952991","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ddb950c7-71f6-4bb7-9305-0c90e2f12552.jpg?v=1750651719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-in-the-desert-john-glubb-9780854952991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}