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A Soldier in Arabia / David Neild.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Surbiton, Surrey : Medina Publishing, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 176 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1909339636
  • 9781909339637
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS 247. T88 N45 2015
Contents:
Chapter 1: A general to the rescue -- Chapter 2: Sharjah and beyond -- Chapter 3: Berlin, the Beatles, and John F Kennedy -- Chapter 4: "Three inch' -- Chapter 5: 'Shiny B' -- Chapter 6: Soldier of fortune -- Chapter 7: Long Farewell to Ras Al Khaimah -- Chapter 8: Back to Sharjah -- Chapter 9: Life after the Gulf -- Chapter 10: Ras Al Khaimah then and now.
Summary: A Soldier in Arabia reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the events which lead up to and followed the creation of the present day United Arab Emirates in December 1971, followed, a few months later, with Ras Al Khaimah joining the Federation.

"Foreword by HH Skeikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 168) and index.

Chapter 1: A general to the rescue -- Chapter 2: Sharjah and beyond -- Chapter 3: Berlin, the Beatles, and John F Kennedy -- Chapter 4: "Three inch' -- Chapter 5: 'Shiny B' -- Chapter 6: Soldier of fortune -- Chapter 7: Long Farewell to Ras Al Khaimah -- Chapter 8: Back to Sharjah -- Chapter 9: Life after the Gulf -- Chapter 10: Ras Al Khaimah then and now.

A Soldier in Arabia reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the events which lead up to and followed the creation of the present day United Arab Emirates in December 1971, followed, a few months later, with Ras Al Khaimah joining the Federation.

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