Linked Data Explorerhttp://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/103434131
In the service of the Sultan a first hand account of the Dhofar insurgency
While the Americans were fighting in Vietnam, a struggle of even greater strategic significance was taking place in the Middle East: the Sultanate of Oman guards the entrance to the Arabian Gulf, and thus controls the movement of oil from that region. In the 1960s and 70s, the Communists tried to seize this artery and, had they succeeded, the consequences for the West and for the Middle East would have been disastrous - and yet, few people have ever heard of this geo-political drama at the height of the Cold War. In the Service of the Sultan tells, first-hand, the largely unknown story of a sma.
Open All Close All
http://schema.org/about
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1212768
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1352704
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/103434131#Event/1964_1976
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/103434131#Place/oman
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/103434131#Topic/oman_history_dhofar_war_1964_1976_personal_narratives_british
http://schema.org/description
- ""While the Americans were engaged in Vietnam, a struggle of even greater strategic significance was taking place in the Middle East: the Sultanate of Oman guards the entrance to the Arabian Gulf, and thus controls the movement of oil from that region. In the 1960s and 70s, the Communists tried to seize this artery and, had they succeeded, the consequences for the West and for the Middle East would have been disastrous ... The author tells the largely unknown story of a small number of British officers who led Muslim soldiers in this hard-fought anti-insurgency war which has shaped today's Gulf"--Dust jkt."
- "While the Americans were fighting in Vietnam, a struggle of even greater strategic significance was taking place in the Middle East: the Sultanate of Oman guards the entrance to the Arabian Gulf, and thus controls the movement of oil from that region. In the 1960s and 70s, the Communists tried to seize this artery and, had they succeeded, the consequences for the West and for the Middle East would have been disastrous - and yet, few people have ever heard of this geo-political drama at the height of the Cold War. In the Service of the Sultan tells, first-hand, the largely unknown story of a sma."@en
http://schema.org/name
- "In the service of the Sultan a first hand account of the Dhofar insurgency"@en
- "In the Service of the Sultan a first-hand account of the Dhofar Insurgency"@en
- "In the service of the Sultan : a first hand account of the Dhofar insurgency"
- "In the service of the Sultan : a first hand account of the Dhofar Insurgency"