Aden Insurgency: The Savage War in Yeman 1962-67.

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Author / Creator:Walker, Jonathan.
Imprint:2014.
[Place of publication not identified] : Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC
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Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12645440
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ISBN:9781783375615
1783375612
9781783831432
178383143X
9781473827639
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Walker, Jonathan. Aden Insurgency : The Savage War in Yeman 1962-67. Havertown : Pen and Sword, ©2014 9781473827639