Chapter 1 by George W. Gawrych, “T.

Chapter 1 by George W. Gawrych, “T.E. Lawrence, Military Theory, and Coalition Warfare,” begins the chronology with a look at how T.E. Lawrence grasped the power embedded within a culture and created a coalition of non-traditional fighters that would succeed against traditional armies. This chapter is necessary for setting the stage with a backdrop of theory, namely of irregular warfare, as a theoretically viable approach to the campaigns in war. Gawrych depicts Lawrence as one who purposefully dug into his repertoire of history for theories that he later turned into warfighting practice.