Beschreibung
This book explores Britains involvement in the Dhofar War of 1963-1976, focusing on the military aspects of this conflict in Southern Oman. It reveals how both the Conservative and Labour governments in office during this time provided military and security assistance to Omans rulers without parliamentary or press scrutiny. Based on archival material and witness accounts, as well as existing secondary source literature and memoirs, this study provides new insights into Britains clandestine embroilment in the Dhofar War, an often overlooked but historically significant intervention in the Middle East. This book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in the complex and often controversial history of Britains involvement in Middle Eastern politics in the post-colonial period.
Autorenporträt
Geraint Hughes is Reader in Diplomatic and Military History at the Defence Studies Department of Kings College London, teaching at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, UK. He is the author of Harold Wilsons Cold War: The Labour Government and East-West Politics, 1964-1970 (2009) and My Enemys Enemy: Proxy Warfare in International Politics (2012).
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Springer Verlag GmbH
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69121 Heidelberg
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E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com
