| Description | Folder containing short typed essays by Robin Bidwell on Yemen, mainly covering the period after the publication of 'The Two Yemens' in 1983 but with some chapters on earlier periods too that correspond with the chapters in that book. Titles include: 'Pre-Islamic Yemen', 'From the 16th to the 19th Century', 'The British in Aden 1839-1914', 'British Relations with the Imam Yahya', 'The South Goes Left 1967-1978', 'The North Goes Right 1970-1978', 'The PDRY 1986-1990', 'Ali Abdullah Salih as President of the YAR 1978-1990', 'Abd Al-Fattah Ismail and Ali Nasi Muhammad (1979-1986)', 'The Road to Unification', 'The First Year of Unity', 'Political Affairs after Reunification', 'Foreign Policy since 1986', 'A Pragmatic Foreign Policy', 'Relations with Arab States after the Gulf War'. 'Relations with Non-Arab States after the Gulf War' and 'Foreign Affairs after the Gulf War'. There is also some correspondence between Bidwell and Professor Keith McLachlan of SOAS who invited him to write a brief report on Yemen's borders, along with the text of 'Thoughts on Yemeni Frontier Problems' which he produced in response (1992). |