Without Glory in Arabia: The British Retreat from Aden

by Maria Holt, Peter Hinchcliffe, John T. Ducker

Book Overview

'So we left without glory but without disaster ' Sir Humphrey Trevelyan, the last High Commissioner of the Federation of South Arabia In 1967, 139 years after their arrival in Aden, the British withdrew from the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Their departure was abrupt, messy and controversial. Using important, previously unpublished material and original interviews with a range of individuals, both British and Yemeni, who lived through this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780762895
• ISBN13: 9781780762890
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"