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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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"Remarkable story ... Hart-Davis tells splendidly the astonishing tale he has uncovered"--Max Hastings, The Sunday Times
"Duff Hart-Davis has taken over the writing of this book from Jim Johnson's second-in-command, Tony Boyle, who was working from Johnson's archive; both men died before the work was completed. He has done his extraordinary subject justice. Why did any of them get involved with the project? Well, the pay was good, but that is exactly the sort of thing men say to cover their enjoyment and excitement. The fact of the matter is that it was a terrific adventure"--Philip Hensher, The Spectator
"Plenty of books claim to be about forgotten aspects of the past. Yet Duff Hart-Davis has managed to go one better in this tale of British mercenaries and Egyptian skulduggery by unearthing a war that has hitherto remained more or less secret"--James Owen, Mail on Sunday
"This dramatic piece of history is thoroughly researched, drawn from first-hand accounts of the mercenaries’ experience. Written at the pace of a James Bond thriller, Hart-Davis leavens his gung-ho tale with details that are at times touching and humorous"--The Herald
"An extraordinary story that needed to be told... Duff Hart-Davis tells their fascinating story, which will be new to many readers, remarkably well"--Charles Guthrie, Literary Review
"An extradordinary story, told for the first time"--Today, Radio 4
"Their gung-ho story is told with much buckle and swash"--The Times
"A barnstorming history."--Independent
"Duff Hart-Davis has taken over the writing of this book from Jim Johnson's second-in-command, Tony Boyle, who was working from Johnson's archive; both men died before the work was completed. He has done his extraordinary subject justice. Why did any of them get involved with the project? Well, the pay was good, but that is exactly the sort of thing men say to cover their enjoyment and excitement. The fact of the matter is that it was a terrific adventure"--Philip Hensher, The Spectator
"Plenty of books claim to be about forgotten aspects of the past. Yet Duff Hart-Davis has managed to go one better in this tale of British mercenaries and Egyptian skulduggery by unearthing a war that has hitherto remained more or less secret"--James Owen, Mail on Sunday
"This dramatic piece of history is thoroughly researched, drawn from first-hand accounts of the mercenaries’ experience. Written at the pace of a James Bond thriller, Hart-Davis leavens his gung-ho tale with details that are at times touching and humorous"--The Herald
"An extraordinary story that needed to be told... Duff Hart-Davis tells their fascinating story, which will be new to many readers, remarkably well"--Charles Guthrie, Literary Review
"An extradordinary story, told for the first time"--Today, Radio 4
"Their gung-ho story is told with much buckle and swash"--The Times
"A barnstorming history."--Independent
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- Publication date2011
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- ISBN 13 9781846058257
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