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Title:
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THE WAR THAT NEVER WAS
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By: |
Duff Hart-Davis |
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Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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£9.48 |
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ISBN 10: |
0099553295 |
ISBN 13: |
9780099553298 |
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Publisher: |
CORNERSTONE |
Pub. date: |
1 May, 2012 |
Pages: |
400 |
Description: |
Tells the story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s. |
Synopsis: |
For the very first time, "The War That Never Was" tells the fascinating story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s. In a covert operation organised over whisky and sodas in the clubs of Chelsea and Mayfair, a group of former SAS officers - led by the irrepressible Colonel Jim Johnson - arranged for a squadron of British mercenaries to travel to the remote mountain regions of the Yemen, to arm, train and lead Yemeni tribesmen in their fight against a 60,000-strong contingent of Egyptian soldiers. It was one of the most uneven running battles ever waged; the Egyptians fielded a huge, professionally-trained army. The British fought back at the head of a ragtag force of tribal warriors and, ultimately, won. Egypt's President Nasser described the battle in the Yemen as 'my Vietnam'. It's a fascinating, forgotten, and rip-roaringly entertaining pocket of British military history, much in the spirit of Ben MvIntyre's bestselling "Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat". |
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UK |
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Arrow Books Ltd |
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