FIGHTING THE SULTAN'S WAR: The Memoir of a British Infantry Officer in Oman's Dhofar War, 1974-1976

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Major David Freeman was a British Infantry Officer who was seconded to the Sultan of Oman's Forces in the 1970s. His experience is recorded in detail; the operations, the tactics, the successes and the struggles. From 1965 to 1976, the Dhofar War was being fought in southern Oman, a conflict wherein the Omani government fought against the Dhofar Liberation Front (DLF), a Marxist insurgency group who wanted to overthrow the Sultan's rule and establish a communist government. The conflict escalated in the 1970s, with Sultan Qaboos receiving military support from Britain and Iran. By 1975, the government forces, with the help of British and Iranian troops, defeated the insurgents, securing the region and stabilizing Sultan Qaboos's rule. Contains 16 pages of black and white plates.