| Aden Insurgency: The Savage War in Yemen 1962-67 Contributor(s): Walker, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1473827639 ISBN-13: 9781473827639 Publisher: Pen & Sword Military OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Middle East - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 953.350 |
| LCCN: 2015510270 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.27 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Arab World |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 neighboring Kingdom of North Yemen further tightened the noose. So began a bitter and bloody insurgency war in South Arabia. British regular and special forces were soon pitted against growing and formidable insurgency forces, fighting both a war in the mountains and an urban conflict in the backstreets of Aden. Intelligence agencies vied for control of 'hearts and minds'. The British launched a clandestine war in Yemen to keep their enemies at bay. But still the situation in Aden spiraled out of control, culminating in a bloody slaughter in 1967. In that November, the British Army finally withdrew from South Arabia. Aden Insurgency is the extraordinary story of Britain's last colonial conflict. Using a wide range of recently released archive and eyewitness accounts, the author charts the collapse of the South Arabian state. Set against a background of ruthless political ambition, these events shaped the Yemen of today. |