Research Catalog

Title

Aden insurgency : the savage war in South Arabia 1962-1967 / by Jonathan Walker.

Author

Walker, Jonathan, 1953-

Publication

Staplehurst, Kent : Spellmount, 2005.

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Details

Description

xx, 332 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

An account of Britain's last colonial conflict, this volume shows that as Cold War tensions escalated, a brutal fight was contested with the rebel tribes of the wild interior as well as terrorist assassins in the back streets of Aden.

Subject

• Since 1900
• Insurgency > Yemen (Republic) > Aden
• Diplomatic relations
• Insurgency
• Militärpolitik
• Geschichte 1962-1967
• 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
• Great Britain
• Yemen (Republic)
• Yemen (Republic) > Aden
• Jemen Demokratische Volksrepublik
• Großbritannien
• Großbritannien
• Südjemen
• Yemen (Republic) > History > 1962-
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > Yemen (Republic)
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > Arabian Peninsula
• Arabian Peninsula > Foreign relations > Great Britain
• Aden (Protectorate) > History

Genre/Form

• History.
• Military history.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-318) and index.

Contents

The kingdom of Sheba(Saba) -- Federation -- Empire revived -- Operation 'Nutcracker' -- The Radfan campaign -- 'Semper occultus' -- Hearts and minds -- Hill forts and hunters -- Street fighting -- Front page -- Panic in Whitehall -- Mutiny -- Who's to pay the piper? -- Epilogue.

ISBN

• 1862272255
• 9781862272255

LCCN

2005472307

OCLC

• ocm56645030
• 56645030
• SCSB-14417516

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library