Author: Great Britain. Colonial OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Colonial Reports Report on Aden
Author: Great Britain. Colonial OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
British Military Operations in Aden and Radfan
Author: Nicholas van der BijlPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473843111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The book examines the military history of Aden Colony from 1839 including the fractious turn of the century Border Commissions with Turkey and the defeat of British forces near Aden by the Turks in 1915. Great Britain successfully defended the base for the rest of The Great War and throughout the Second World War.rnrnThe period after 1945 was one of rising tension as Great Britain drew down its Imperial commitments from the Near and Middle East. Britain's intention to retain a military base in Aden was rejected by Egypt, who, having embarrassed Great Britain during the 1956 Suez Crisis, set about supporting Yemeni aspirations with subversion, in concert with the Soviet Union and China. This led to Aden coming under increasing pressure from Yemeni nationalism during the late 1950 and early 1960s. When an attempt was made to murder the British High Commissioner, a State Emergency was declared. Initially, while operations were confined to the mountainous Radfan region near the border, the internal security of Aden became increasingly fragile as nationalists escalated attacks on the Security Forces and Service dependants with grenade, shootings and bomb attacks in the narrow streets.rnrnWhen the British declared that they would leave in 1967, the British forces were caught up in interfactional fighting with 20 June 1967 proving a black day with twenty British soldiers murdered. This led to the famous occupation of Crater district by Lt Col 'Mad Mitch' Mitchell and his Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. By November that year, after conducting a masterly withdrawal in contact, the British left Aden for good.
Colonial Reports Report on Aden
Author: Great Britain. Colonial OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Aden Insurgency
Author: Jonathan WalkerPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473827639
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book 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 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 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 spiralled 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 eye-witness 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.
Colonial Reports - Annual
Author: Great Britain. Colonial OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1500
Book Description
Each number comprises the annual report of a different colony for a particular year.
Colonial Reports--annual
Author: The Two Yemens
Author: Robin Leonard BidwellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000306526
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This book tells the story of the Yemeni people, treating them as a single people. It shows that all over South West Arabia a unique civilisation arose in antiquity and many of its manifestations so conformed to the Yemeni temperament that they have lingered, until the present day.
Flora of Aden
Author: Ethelbert BlatterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Daily Consular and Trade Reports
Author: Interrogation, Intelligence and Security
Author: Samantha NewberyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780719091483
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Interrogation, Intelligence and Security examines the origins and effects of a group of interrogation techniques known as the 'five techniques'. Through its in-depth analysis the book reveals how British forces came to use these controversial methods. Focusing on the British colony of Aden (1963-67), the height of 'the troubles' in Northern Ireland (1971), and the conflict in Iraq (2003), the book explores the use of hooding to restrict vision, white noise, stress positions, limited sleep and a limited diet. There are clear parallels between these three case studies and the use of controversial interrogation techniques today. Readers will be able to make informed judgements about whether, on the basis of the results of these cases, interrogation techniques that might be described as torture can be justified. This book will be of particular interest to security professionals, academics and members of the public interested in the torture debate, intelligence, the military, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism, foreign policy and law enforcement.