Arab World and Western Intelligence - Analysing the Middle East, 1956-1981

Have Western intelligence experts fundamentally failed to understand the dynamics, leaders and culture of the Middle East? Using the most recently declassified documents, interviews and Arabic sources, the book examines seminal case studies to explore how the intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off-guard.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Orientalism and Analysis; 2. Formation of the United Arab Republic; 3. Revolution in Iraq; 4. Syrian Secession; 5. Yemeni Civil War; 6. The Six-Day War; 7. The War of Attrition; 8. First Impressions of Sadat; 9. The Yom Kippur War; 10. The Aftermath of Victory; Conclusion.

Zusammenfassung

Have Western intelligence experts fundamentally failed to understand the dynamics, leaders and culture of the Middle East? Using the most recently declassified documents, interviews and Arabic sources, the book examines seminal case studies to explore how the intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off-guard.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dina Rezk, Dina (lecturer in Middle Eastern History Rezk
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780748698912
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-9891-2
• Seiten: 360
• Serien: Intelligence Surveillance and; Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare; Intelligence, Surveillance and
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung