David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

T. E. Lawrence could triumph
because he was the farthest thing from a
proper British Army officer. He did not
graduate with honors from the top
English military academy. He was an
archaeologist by trade who wrote
dreamy prose. He wore sandals and full
Bedouin dress when he went to see his
military superiors. He spoke Arabic like
a native, and handled a camel as if he
had been riding one all his life. He
didn’t care what people in the military
establishment thought about his
“untrained rabble” because he had little
invested in the military establishment.
And then there’s David. He must have
known that duels with Philistines were