Beyond the Arab Cold War: The International History of the Yemen Civil War, 1962-68Beyond the Arab Cold War brings the Yemen Civil War, 1962 68, to the forefront of modern Middle East History. During the 1960s, in the wake of a coup against Imam Muhammad al Badr and the formation of the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), Yemen was transformed into an arena of global conflict. Believing al Badr to be dead, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and most countries recognized the YAR. But when al Badr unexpectedly turned up alive, Saudi Arabia and Britain