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| There have been a fair number of
books written about the war in Dhofar. There have also been many
references to the war in books that are mainly about the SAS.
The only one that makes any significant reference to the FST is
"We Won A War" by Major General John Akehurst.
There are also a number of Websites
that are concerned with the war in Dhofar. They
usually centre on the activities of the the Special Forces.
There are a number of references
in the medical literature to events in different FSTs one
by an anaesthetist, Geoffrey Sharwood-Smith and one article that I can find about "Battle
Casualties" by Lt.Col Melsom et al. |
Contributors to
this
websiteBARROW, David
CETTI, Nick
CROZIER, Simon
DAVIS, Geoff
HOLDER, Bud
HOUGHTON, Ivan Timothy
JOHNSTON, Joe
LYNCH, Bert
PARKER, Paul
RAITT, David
SHARWOOD - SMITH, Geoffrey
STARLING, Pete
WOOD, Keith
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Various other
people have contributed to this site with their
recollections. Some were patients in
the FST. There have also been those who have
contributed but have preferred not to have been
acknowledged by name. I am grateful to them for
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| Published Sources
This list consists of various
accounts of Oman and of the war in Dhofar which give both
background and detailed descriptions of the insurgency in
Dhofar. They are all written by those whose points of view were
from the government's side except those by Professor Fred
Halliday who clearly favours and writes from the insurgents'
side.
Some of these books are now out of
print but can be obtained from specialist bookshops or from the
local County Library Service (unless you live in Norfolk !!!)
I would have liked to have
published pages from some of these books but copyright rules
apply and the cost of gaining permissions is outside my budget.
Some magazines have been generous enough no to ask for a fee. I
have simply listed those books that I have come across whilst
researching material for this site.
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| Akehurst, John |
"We Won A War"
The Campaign in Oman 1965 -1975
Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd 1982 (Not in print)
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| Arkless,D.C. |
"The Secret War - Dhofar 1971/72"
William Kimber - London
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Barnett, David |
"Dust & Fury"
Woodfield Publishing West Sussex
ISBN 1-903953-25-1
£15
"An epic novel set in the Sultanate of Oman"
Not a "source" but
an entertaining read
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| de Bass, Bill
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"The Butchers's Bill"
SAF Association Journal March 2003
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| Fiennes, Ranulph
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"Where Soldiers Fear To Tread"
Hodder and Stoughton 1975
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| Gardiner,
Ian |
"In the
Service of the Sultan"
Pen and Sword books
ISBN 1 844154 67 X
"A first hand account of the Dhofar Insurgency" |
| Geraghty,
Tony |
"Who Dares Wins"
The Story of the SAS 1950 -1980
Arms and Armour Press 1980
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| Gwynne-James, David |
"Letters From Oman"
Blackwater Books 2001
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| Halliday, Fred |
"Arabia without Sultans"
Saqi Books
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| Halliday, Fred |
"Mercenaries -
Counter Insurgency in the Gulf "
Spokesman Books
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Jeapes, T |
"SAS Operation
Storm"
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| Melsom et Al |
"Battle Casualties"
Annals of Royal College of Surgeons.
1975 Vol 36 p289 - 302
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| Peterson,
J.E |
"Oman's
Insurgencies"
Saqi Books
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| Phillips, Wendell |
"Unknown Oman"
The Longman Group Ltd 1971
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| SAF Association Journal |
This very high quality
publication almost invariably has
excellent material about the war in Dhofar
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| Sharwood-Smith, Geoffrey |
"Anaesthetist in Salalah"
Experiences in a field surgical team
Anaesthesia 1976 Vol 31 Pages 1049 - 105
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| Thwaites, P |
"Muscat
Command"
Leo Cooper 1955 |
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| Blair, J.S.G. |
"The Conscript Doctors"
An entertaining compilation of the experiences of
doctors who were called up to "get some in" and do
National Service. It does go some way to examine the
relationships between the NS and the Regular members of
the RAMC which was so apparent to the SSC medical
officers who joined up after NS was abolished.
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