“It was, of course, precisely this flippant attitude, one Lawrence seemed determined to flaunt both in his correspondence and in person, that so incensed his military superiors. But his defiance of soldierly protocol also underscored a deeper truth: Lawrence was fundamentally not of them, and was becoming less so all the time.” DefianceLonerOthernessMaverickWorld War OneTe Lawrence Book:Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East Source: Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East