Dangerous frontiers: campaigning in Somaliland and Oman

In Part 1 of his book the author describes his life as a young officer in the Somaliland Scouts in the (then) British Protectorate of Somaliland.

At that time tribal quarrels, generally over water, were taking place in the troubled strip of country between the Protectorate and Ethiopia; the Ogaden.

It was the Scouts' difficult task to keep the warring clansmen apart.

It gives a vivid account of a nineteen-year-old in command of Somali troops in a fascinating and unpredictable country.