Overview
- Analyses Britain’s involvement in the Dhofar War in Southern Oman
- Focuses on the military aspects of the campaign rather than the overemphasized ‘hearts and minds’ political approach
- Based on recently released archival material and witness accounts, as well as secondary literature and memoirs
Part of the book series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World (SCCCW)
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About this book
This book explores Britain’s 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 Oman’s 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 Britain’s 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 Britain’s involvement in Middle Eastern politics in the post-colonial period.
Reviews
"Britain's hidden war in the Dhofar region of Oman in the 1960s and 1970s shows what could be achieved with limited military resources to support a key regional ally in securing themselves against rebellion. Alert to domestic and international contexts which dictated close political supervision over the use of force, Geraint Hughes' new study is the most comprehensive analysis yet published, based on exhaustive archival research."
—Huw Bennett, Reader in International Relations, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University
"Impressive in its historical ambition, this book is a fine work of scholarship. Clearly written and tightly argued, Geraint Hughes has done a fine job in critically examining the British role in a conflict whose outcome saved the Sultanate of Oman and secured wider Western interests. Its sets a standard for the study of the Dhofar campaign that is unlikely to be matched."
—Clive Jones, Professor ofRegional Security, Durham University
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Geraint Hughes is Reader in Diplomatic and Military History at the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London, teaching at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, UK. He is the author of Harold Wilson’s Cold War: The Labour Government and East-West Politics, 1964-1970 (2009) and My Enemy’s Enemy: Proxy Warfare in International Politics (2012).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Britain and the Dhofar War in Oman, 1963–1976
Book Subtitle: A Covert War in Arabia
Authors: Geraint Hughes
Series Title: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49499-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49498-7Published: 17 March 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49501-4Due: 17 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-49499-4Published: 16 March 2024
Series ISSN: 2731-6807
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6815
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 325
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of the Middle East, History of Military, History of Britain and Ireland, Political History