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This remarkable memoir provides fascinating insight into two conflicts that arose in southern Arabia in the decades following the Second World War. It should be essential reading for anyone who enjoys the work of Dan Mills, Mark Urban and Adam Jowett.
Thirteen years after serving as an SOE agent in World War Two David Smiley was invited to take command of the Sultan's armed forces in Muscat and Oman.
With the help of an SAS contingent, helicopters, supply aircraft and rocket-firing Venoms, in addition to the Sultan’s own forces, Smiley led a brilliant campaign against the Saudi-backed insurrection in the mountainous terrain of the Jebel Akhdar.
Two years after the successful conclusion of this conflict Smiley was invited once again to the Arabian Peninsula, but this time to support and advise royalist forces in the Yemen against a republican coup.
Yet, this book is not only about guerrilla tactics and armed conflict but also provides vivid insight into the Arab way of life in the 1950s and 1960s.
“It is a splendid tale, excellently told” British Army Review
“For students of guerrilla war … this book is required reading” Julian Amery, The Daily Telegraph
“everyone will enjoy [this] straightforward account of a little-known part of the world written by an honest soldier with no axe to grind.” RUSI Journal
“exciting reading” Bernard Fergusson, The Sunday Times
“Smiley’s must be the best and most authoritative account of this action” The Financial Times
“a highly readable story of personal adventure.” Infantry Journal
Arabian Assignment recounts the activities that Smiley undertook during the course of the Jebel Akhdar War in Oman and the North Yemen Civil War, both of which have shaped the history of the Arabian Peninsula to this day. It is brilliant account of irregular warfare from one of its most influential proponents.
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Arabian Assignment
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Account of the authors' exploits, after a career of special forces and intelligence work in the British Army, leading troops in Muscat and then Yemen against their respective insurgents in late 1950s and 1960s. Includes 27*b/w photographs. viii+248pp. DJ spine lightly sunned. Private bookplate to front pastedown. Seller Inventory # A5954
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HardBack. Condition: Good. No jacket. Good condition with light wear to mustard coloured dust jacket with photograph of author standing. First edition, 248pp with photographs. Memoir of Colonel David Smiley tells how he came to command the forces of the Sultan of Muscat and charged with expelling Saudibacked rebels. Its a tale of blood, sweat, toil and tears. Seller Inventory # 100205995
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HardBack. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Mustard yellow dust jacket shows b&w photo of Smiley on cover and title in white. Light blue boards with title gilt embossed on spine. Light wear. Pages unmarked, clean and bright. 248pp with photos. Seller Inventory # 100223131
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 248. Original publishers pale green boards lettered gilt on spine. Illustrations. ISBN: 0850521815 Fine in very good indeed complete dust jacket, very slightly worn without loss at lower spine. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Seller Inventory # C86841
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Hardcover, illus. Condition: Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+. First British Edition; First Printing. Book and DJ As New. NO notes, names or ANY markings. DJ not clipped, unpriced. ; Sky blue boards with gilt lettering and decoration at spine. ; 248 pages. Seller Inventory # 64315
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Arabian Assignment
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Biography of time spent in the military and as a military adviser in Muscat, Oman and Yeman. 248 pages. Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Contains black and white plates (full page illustrations). Previous owner's name in ink at front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0850521815. ISBN/EAN: 9780850521818. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61022081013. All our books are sent by tracked mail. Seller Inventory # 61022081013
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". viii + 248pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Dust jacket slightly marked, with slightly faded spine. Edges browned. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Arabia; 1930s & 1940s; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0850521815. ISBN/EAN: 9780850521818. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43544. Seller Inventory # 43544
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, Original dust jacket Several full page plates, 8 + 248pp, Some very light wear to jacket but overall an excellent copy in likewise jacket. Overseas orders may require extra postage costs. Seller Inventory # 003453-S2
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