The Military and Police Forces of the Gulf States: Volume 1 - Trucial States and United Arab Emirates, 1951-1980 (Middle East@War)
Language: English
Published by Helion and Company, 2019
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- Title
- The Military and Police Forces of the Gulf States: Volume 1 - Trucial States and United Arab Emirates, 1951-1980 (Middle East@War)
- Author
- Lord, Cliff; Yates, Athol
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1912390612
- ISBN 13
- 9781912390618
- Item weight
- 1,050 grams
- Dimensions
- 0.508x20.32x28.956 cm
- Series
- Book 18 of 50: Middle East at War
This narrative includes historical information regarding the various states and enables the reader to understand easily how the various militaries have evolved.
The military forces mainly evolved from Emiri (princely) and city guards into competent military organisations with some of the world most sophisticated military technology. British seconded and contract officers and men shaped these forces through establishing, leading, advising and training them.
Maps of the areas concerned are provided, along with a glossary of terms and many ORBATs in diagrammatical form. Historical overviews and military history of the forces is provided along with regimental histories for Oman. Scores of photographs are included showing the uniforms and a selection of badges and insignia.
The work has been written by Cliff Lord and Dr Athol Yates. Cliff has had published a number of books including a history of the Armed Forces of Aden and the Protectorate, which in some respects is a lead on to this history. Dr Athol Yates is Assistant Professor at Al Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi and specialises in military history and security. The authors have a wealth of photographs and information from interviews with veterans of many of the forces included, and help from the Trucial Oman Scouts Association, Sultan’s Armed Forces Association, and have had access to archival and museum research in Britain and the Gulf States.
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About the Author
Cliff Lord served in Britain's Royal Signals during the 1960s as a cipher-operator, in England, Germany, and on active service in Aden and the East Aden Protectorate. Following his military service, Cliff worked in Paris for the Washington Post and later moved to New Zealand, working as computer-operator and a communications-network-controller for Air New Zealand and Team Leader International Operations for the Southern Cross fibre-optics trans-Pacific cable, before retiring. He is Honorary Historian for Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals, and has written more than a dozen books on military history and signals intelligence.
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