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Ian Thewlis

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Born

in Manchester, The United Kingdom

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https://www.ianthewlisnovels.com

Genre

Thriller, Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Graham Greene and John Le Carre

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February 2019

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I taught at colleges and universities in the UK, Libya and Nigeria before joining the Middle East oil industry. Arabian Night Patrol draws on my experience of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during the first Gulf War, the genesis of al Qaeda and the subsequent invasion of Iraq.
I have written several textbooks and business books but now devote my time to writing fiction. Arabian Night Patrol is the first novel in a trilogy tracing the genesis and development of the War on Terror.

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	BMX Racing by Tom Jeffries, Ian Thewlis (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Arabian Night Patrol

Today, August 2, marks the anniversary of Saddam Hussein's sudden invasion of Kuwait in 1990 which led to the 1991 Gulf War. Everyone was shocked and caught by surprise and there was panic throughout the region. Once the tanks and approximately 100,000 Iraqi troops overcame the initial Kuwaiti resistance, the wider threat to the Gulf and world oil supplies became clear. Would Saddam's army drive s Read more of this blog post »

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