Britain and the Yemen Civil War, 1962-1965 - 9781845191986

Britain and the Yemen Civil War, 1962-1965Ministers, Mercenaries and Mandarins Foreign Policy and the Limits of Covert Action\nAuthor(s): Clive Jones\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781845191986, 978-1845191986\nSynopsis\nBetween 1962 and 1965 Britain engaged in covert operations in support of Royalist forces fighting the Egyptian backed Republican regime that had seized power in the Yemeni capital Sana'a in September 1962. Covert action was regarded as a legitimate tool of foreign policy as Britain attempted to secure the future of the newly formed South Arabian Federation against the animus of Nasser. The use of covert action, as well as the quasi approval given to the use of mercenaries to support the Royalist cause, was the inevitable result of policy differences within Whitehall (most notably between the mandarins' of the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office) as well as international con.