Coming of Age in Arabia A Memoir of Aden Before the Terror

"Coming of Age in Arabia is Tom Henighan's account of his experiences in South Arabia, where he served as an American vice consul from 1957-1959. As a young American in a colonial society that was moving very rapidly from stability to chaos, Henighan witnessed the beginnings of the Arab insurgency that was to end more than one hundred years of British rule, and to turn South Arabia into a Marxist republic and a haven for Carlos the Terrorist, the Baader-Meinhof gang, and other predecessors of Osama bin Laden. Henighan's account conveys his awakening to the realities of colonialism, and his growing sense of the suspicion and hatred with which much of the Arab world regards the west."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved