Britain and the Yemen Civil War, 1962-1965: Ministers, Mercenaries and Mandarins: Foreign Policy and the Limits of Covert Action
Clive Jones
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Hardcover. This study makes extensive use of primary sources to produce a detailed account of British involvement in the Yemen Civil War and how the experience shaped British foreign policy. Num Pages: 273 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBXY; 3JJPK; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Between 1962 and 1965 Britain engaged in covert operations in support of Royalist forces fighting the Egyptian backed Republican regime that had seized power in the Yemeni capital Sana'a in September 1962. Covert action was regarded as a legitimate tool of foreign policy as Britain attempted to secure the future of the newly formed South Arabian Federation against the animus of Nasser. The use of covert action, as well as the quasi approval given to the use of mercenaries to support the Royalist cause, was the inevitable result of policy differences within Whitehall (most notably between the mandarins' of the ... Read more
Between 1962 and 1965 Britain engaged in covert operations in support of Royalist forces fighting the Egyptian backed Republican regime that had seized power in the Yemeni capital Sana'a in September 1962. Covert action was regarded as a legitimate tool of foreign policy as Britain attempted to secure the future of the newly formed South Arabian Federation against the animus of Nasser. The use of covert action, as well as the quasi approval given to the use of mercenaries to support the Royalist cause, was the inevitable result of policy differences within Whitehall (most notably between the mandarins' of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903900239
SKU
V9781903900239
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Ref
99-50
About Clive Jones
Clive Jones is Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Middle East Studies at the University of Leeds.
Reviews for Britain and the Yemen Civil War, 1962-1965: Ministers, Mercenaries and Mandarins: Foreign Policy and the Limits of Covert Action
"...Jones' descriptions of mercenary activities, the machinations of the Saudis and Jordanians, is all derring do and a rattling good yarn. A rare combination of a sober academic study and a riveting page-turner!"
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