Confronting the colonies : British intelligence and counterinsurgency /

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Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, this book considers the view from Whitehall, where the biggest decisions were made. It reveals the evolving impact of strategic intelligence upon government understandings of, and policy responses to, insurgent...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cormac, Rory
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Since 1900
Intelligence service > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Counterinsurgency > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Contre-rébellion > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
British colonies
Counterinsurgency
Diplomatic relations
Intelligence service
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1945-
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > 1945-
Great Britain
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intelligence assessment in an age of competing threats
  • Unfulfilled potential: Malaya, 1948/1951
  • Turf wars and tension: Cyprus, 1955/1959
  • Into the Whitehall minefield: Aden and the Federation of South Arabia, 1962/1967
  • After Pax Britannica: Oman, 1968/1975
  • Defining threats, understanding security.

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