Myth+in+the+desert

=Myths=
 * 1) Hussein represented the whole Arab people but really had total disregard of anyone outside his clan.
 * 2) There was no "Great Arab Revolt" instead it was Hussein's personal bid for power and his own empire.

=Sharif Hussein and his son Abdullah's attempts to woo the British=
 * 1) In 1914 Abdullah rallied British for support behind his Father with the impending confrontation with the Ottoman Empire.
 * 2) Abdullah nor Sharif could entertain the idea of supplying Arms to be used against a friendly power i.e. Ottoman Empire.

=Hussein- McMahon correspondence=


 * 1) The correspondence agreed to the official recognition by the British of the independence of the Arab state.

=Works Cited= Karsh, Efraim. Myth in the desert, or not the Great Arab Revolt. Oxford Press. (April 1997): pp267(46)