Ebook: Aden Insurgency: The Savage War in Yeman 1962-67
Author: Walker Jonathan
- Tags: Diplomatic relations, HISTORY--Middle East--General, Insurgency, Insurgency--Yemen South, History, Military history, Insurgency -- Yemen South, Yemen (Republic) -- History -- 1962-1972, Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Yemen (Republic), Yemen (Republic) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-, Great Britain -- History Military -- 20th century, Yemen (Republic) -- History Military -- 20th century, HISTORY -- Middle East -- General, Great Britain, Yemen (Repub
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Pen and Sword
- City: Great Britain;Yemen (Republic);South Yemen
- Language: English
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Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Oral Testimonies; Introduction; I The Kingdom of Sheba (Saba); II Federation; III Empire Revived; IV Operation 'Nutcracker'; V The Radfan Campaign; VI 'Semper Occultus'; VII Hearts and Minds; VIII Hill Forts and Hunters; IX Street Fighting; X Front Page; XI Panic in Whitehall; XII Mutiny; XIII Who's to Pay the Piper?; XIV Epilogue; Appendix: Tribes and States of South Arabia; Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index.;During the early 1960s the Cold War reached its climax. Britain's dwindling power in the Middle East was under siege from Arab nationalism, the Communist bloc and from American designs in the region. Aden, with its strategic military base and old Protectorate buffer zone, was soon the main battleground. The 1962 Egyptian-inspired coup in the neighbouring Kingdom of North Yemen further tightened the noose. So began a bitter and bloody insurgency war in South Arabia. British regular an special forces were soon pitted against growing and formidable insurgency forces, fighting both a war in the mo.
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