Operation Intradon in the Musandam,1970-1971
What this counterinsurgency operation says about British military operations in the Arabian Gulf
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5724039 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Athol Yates (0000-0002-2405-624X, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Geraint Hughes (0000-0002-6795-7478, King's College London) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1236-1258 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2022.2066305 |
| OpenAlex | W4224230976 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article examines Operation Intradon, a covert British counter-insurgency operation in the northern Omani enclave of Musandam. The operation, which ran from December 1970 to March 1971, was driven by the political aim of forcing the Sultan of Oman to take administrative control of this ungoverned enclave. This would then provide protection to the Strait of Hormuz oil route and remove a threat to the process of federating British protected states into what became the United Arab Emirates. We conclude by identifying what the operation says about how British military operations were crafted in Britain’s informal empire in the Gulf
Adversary · Ancient history · Computer security · Covert · Economic history · Insurgency · Political science · Politics · Computer Science · History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Military History and Strategy · Geology
Statebuilding and Counterinsurgency in Oman
Security in the Gulf
Intelligence collection in Arabia
British Policy in the Persian Gulf, 1961–1968
Honour is in Contentment
The United Kingdom's last hot war of the Cold War
Military Assistance as Political Gimmickry? The Case of Britain and the Newly Federated United Arab Emirates after 1971
Those Who Dared
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |