Empires of intelligence:security services and colonial disorder after 1914
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University of California Press,
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Publisher Address: | Berkeley |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 428 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780520251175 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520251172 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D756 |
CLC: |
D756.136 D756.536 K15 D741.035 D737.036 D526 |
Call Number: | D526/T459 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-418) and index. Introduction: exploring intelligence and empire -- The development of intelligence services and security policing in North Africa and the Middle East -- Past precedents and colonial rule -- Constructing the enemy: intelligence, Islam, and Communism -- Intelligence and revolt I: British security services and communal unrest in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan -- Intelligence and revolt II: French security services and communal unrest in Morocco and Syria -- Policing the desert frontier: intelligence, environment, and Bedouin communities -- Intelligence and urban opposition in French territories -- Disorder in the Palestine Mandate: intelligence and the descent to war in the British Middle East -- Domestic politics, international threats, and colonial security in French territories, 1936-1939 -- Conclusion: intelligence, security, and the colonial state. |