The Twilight of the British Empire

British Intelligence and Counter-Subversion in the Middle East, 1948 63

Chikara Hashimoto (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2019
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-5302-8 (ISBN)

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This book reveals, for the first time, a hitherto unexplored dimension of Britain's engagement with the post-war Middle East: the counter-subversive policies and measures conducted by the British Intelligence and Security Services and he Information Research Department (IRD) of the Foreign Office, Britain's secret propaganda apparatus.

Chikara Hashimoto (1975-2016) was Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Sharjah, UAE. He is the author of two journal articles, published in The International History Review and Intelligence and National Security. His PhD dissertation won The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize for the Best PhD Dissertation on A Middle Eastern Topic for 2014.

List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Fighting the ‘Communist Menace’ Overseas; 2. Security Training and Liaison in Anti-Communist Measures; 3. The Defence of the Realm in the Middle East; 4. Prerequisites of Intelligence Cooperation; 5. Conflicting Interests in Anti-Communist Measures; 6. The Use and Abuse of State Power and the Limits of British Influence; Conclusion. The Twilight of the British Empire in the Middle East; Appendix.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.06.2019
Reihe/Serie	Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4744-5302-3 / 1474453023
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-5302-8 / 9781474453028
Zustand	Neuware