Greetings to all FAOs and others with interest in Yemen [ahem] "things Yemeni."
In addition to the posted articles and book recommendations in this thread, may I mention the availability from one of the better-stocked Arabic bookstores in the US (this particular one is in the "Little Arabia" section of Orange County, California) of four additional Arabic-language, and detail-loaded, books on Yemen:
1. Encyclopedia of the Country of Yemen and Yemeni Tribes
[Two volumes, 1943 pages, hardbound, co-published in Sana'a and Beirut, 2002]
2. Military History of Yemen [to 1967], Beirut [hardbound], 2007
3. Memoirs of the commander of an Egyptian Army infantry battalion which was a contingent of the EG expeditionary force deployed to Yemen in 1967
4. Memoirs [translated from the Russian into the Arabic] of a Soviet diplomat based in Aden [then in South Yemen, former PDRY] during the late 1960-early 1970s (The author seems to have spent much of his tour with watching and trying to defame or deprecate the activities of a rival group of military advisors and trainers from China [PRC variety] also operating in the country.)
Hope this helps. Today is Sunday, 29 July 2012.
Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
LTC, FAO/SFA/SOF/MI
(FAO 48G "Gulfie & Yemen-watcher)
USAR (Retired)
San Pedro, California
E-mail: < shfranke [at] hotmail [dot] com >