8vo. 257 pp., 1 map, cloth in clipped d/w, appendices, biblio, index, previous owner’s name inscribed verso front & lower cover, wrapper lightly rubbed round edges, otherwise copy clean & in mint condition, The John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, second printing, 1968.

Synopsis

This is the story of Yemen’s confrontation with the twentieth century. The author describes the domestic policies and conflicts which characterizes the rule of Imams Yahya and Ahmad, and places their aims and achievements in the proper context of Yemeni development.