'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 Using important, previously unpublished material and original interviews with a range of individuals, both British and Yemeni, who lived through this defining period of colonial history, Without Glory in Arabia tells the story of the final few years of British rule in Aden and the neighbouring Eastern and Western Aden Protectorates. While some view British rule, on the whole, as beneficial to the local population, others insist that very little was achieved. Worse, Britain did not provide a structure of government constitution which met the conflicting needs of Aden and the Protectorate. This illuminating book brilliantly sets the 'scuttle' - as the episode came to be known - 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781845111403
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95829948
Product Key Features
Author
Peter Hinchcliffe, Maria Holt, John T. Ducker
Publication Name
Without Glory in Arabia: the British Retreat from Aden
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm
Volume
V. 5
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Maria Holt, John T. Ducker, Peter Hinchcliffe
Series Title
International Library of Colonial History
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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