Yugoslav/English Attack vs. Sicilian

Hi,

I play e4 and when I face the Sicilian, I like to play the Yugoslav (vs. the Dragon) or an English Attack when I think I can get away with it.

My question is, what are some of the best techniques to stall Black's attack on the Queen side?  Specifically, if Black decides to push the a and b pawns, I tend to have a hard time dealing with it.

Thanks!

Yes. Explicitly forbid Black doing so.

On the more serious side, the Yugoslav attack and the English attack have a crapload of theory- quite enough to fill more than 1,000 book pages. I suggest playing something else instead.

If you can find a well annotated copy of the game Fischer - Larsen 1958 it will be very helpful. Larsen was said to have made many inaccuracies in his attack and you can learn a lot from that. Karpov - Korchnoi 1974 is also good because you get to see the Nd4-e2 and Rd3 manoeuvre that helps to stop ...Rxc3 stuff. 

I don't know anything about the English attack though.

Thanks to everyone for your responses.  I have tried some other systems against the Sicilian, but I really like the setup of f3, Be3, castling long, and then going for a full out attack...  I love a good fight on the chess board!  I will definently check out Fischer - Larsen 1958 and Karpov - Korchnoi 1974, thanks a lot!