shop in palestine to basically exploit the resources of palestine. >> the british send their top arab expert to meet prince faisal -- t.e. lawrence. >> t.e. lawrence was one of the most enigmatic, endlessly fascinating people really of the 20th century. >> he's an adventurer, a beautiful writer. he enjoys extraordinary adventures -- political, military, and sexual. >> he loves the middle east, and he writes letters home where he is saying that he doesn't really want to come home. >> t.e. lawrence was a brilliant intelligence officer, somebody who understood how to fight war, how the different forces need to be organized, and what is at stake if you don't get the local support in order to win. but if you understand lawrence of arabia through the prism of the movie "lawrence of arabia,"