Research Catalog

Title

Empires of intelligence : security services and colonial disorder after 1914 / Martin Thomas.

Author

Thomas, Martin, 1964-

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

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Description

xii, 428 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Intelligence service > Great Britain
• Intelligence service > Africa, North > History > 20th century
• Africa, North > Colonization
• Middle East > Colonization
• Intelligence service > Middle East > History > 20th century
• Intelligence service > France

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-418) and index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

JFE 07-7836

ISBN

• 9780520251175 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0520251172 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006032565

OCLC

71812843

Author

Thomas, Martin, 1964-

Title

Empires of intelligence : security services and colonial disorder after 1914 / Martin Thomas.

Imprint

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-418) and index.

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Table of contents only

Research Call Number

JFE 07-7836