WWW-VL HISTORY: YEMEN

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  - The Modern History of Yemen
  - British Occupation 1839-1967)
    - Articles from the Journal of the British-Yemeni Society [Primarily modern in subject matter]
      
      Princess of Zinj, 1804-1856
      Book review: The Armed Forces of Yemen 1839-1867, by Cliff Lord and David Birtles Helion & Company (Solihull, West Midlands UK 2000)
      The Keith-Falconer Expedition, 1886-1963
      Division of Yemen, 1903-1904
      The Quiet Travels of Colonel Boscawen, 1929-1933
      Hadhrami migration in the 19th and 20th centuries
      The development of the Port of Aden
      Sheikh Abdullah Ali al-Hakimi [The 1950's]
      1950's - National Service in Aden
    - British-Yemeni Civil War 1964-1967
      
      The Barren Rocks of Aden: Civil War, 1964-1967
      A Brief History of No 8 Squadron
      The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Their Tour in the British Crown Colony of Aden
      Yemen in the Days of Imam Ahmed. Some recollections by Ronald Bailey [1960's]
      Extract From An Element of Luck, by Michael Crouch (Rawlhouse Publishing Pty Ltd; 2000) [covers period 1958-1967]
      Dhala' Diary: May-December 1966
      The British Withdrawal from Aden [1967]. A personal memory by OLIVER Miles
    - Civil War and Secession 1967-1990
      
      Civil War 1962-1970
      "Into the Hills." British Actions in North Yemen - Radfan - 1964-1967
      Separate States and Unification 1967-1990
      1990 - Yemen United 1990
      Oil and Gas in Yemen
      1997- Aden's pipe dream.(restoration of ancient water tanks in Aden, Yemen)
      The 1997 Elections
      Yemeni- U.S. relations after the terrorist attack on U.S.S Cole in November 2000
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