Without glory in Arabia : the British retreat from Aden /
'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. Using important, previously unpublishe...
| Основен автор: | Hinchcliffe, Peter, 1937- |
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| Други автори: | Ducker, John T., Holt, Maria. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2006.
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| Серия: |
International library of colonial history ;
5. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=180395 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Without glory in Arabia. |
| Резюме: |
'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. Using important, previously unpublished material and original interviews with a range of individuals, both British and Yemeni, who lived through this fascinating period of colonial history, Without Glory in Arabia tells the story of the finalfew years of British rule in Aden and the neighboring Eastern and Western Aden Protectorates. While some would argue that British rule had, on the whole, been beneficial to the local population, others insist that very little was achieved. Worse, Britain was unable to find a structure of government constitution which met the conflicting needs of Aden and the Protectorate. This illuminating book brilliantly sets the "scuttle" in context with a thorough re-examination of the background against which the events of the 1960s unfolded in this obscure backwater of the British Empire. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxiii, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-320) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781429462563 1429462566 1845111400 9781845111403 128275050X 9781282750500 9780857717948 0857717944 |