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Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies
Series Editor: Elisabeth Kendall
Intelligence Arabic
Julie C. Manning
Includes online audio material
SPINE:
Intelligence Arabic
Julie C. Manning with Elisabeth Kendall
Edinburgh
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Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies
Series Editor: Elisabeth Kendall
Essential Middle Eastern Vocabularies give you up-to-date expressions, jargon and new coinages to express modern concepts across broad areas of interest such as the media, the internet, law and business.
Key Features
. Terms grouped in thematic sections
. Easy-to-learn lists to test translation
. Online audio material to check your pronunciation
. Index
Intelligence Arabic
Julie C. Manning with Elisabeth Kendall
What is the Arabic term for 'double agent'? How would you say 'plausible deniability'? Can you recognise the phrase 'false-flag recruitment'? Or 'canary trap'?
This short, accessible vocabulary gives you ready-made lists of over 1,000 key terms in intelligence Arabic for translating both from and into Arabic and includes brief definitions. It is divided into seven key areas:
. General
. Analysis
. Human Intelligence
. Operations
. Counterintelligence
. Signals Intelligence
. Acronyms
Julie C. Manning is a Middle Eastern security subject matter expert and Arabic linguist. She spent five years in Yemen, Egypt and Afghanistan working in the private sector. She holds an MA in Security Studies with a concentration in terrorism and sub-state violence from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
Elisabeth Kendall is a Senior Research Fellow in Arabic at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.
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List of contents
Acknowledgements; User Guide; Introduction; 1. General; 2. Analysis; 3. Human Intelligence (HUMINT); 4. Operations; 5. Counterintelligence (CI); 6. Signals Intelligence (SIGINT); 7. Acronyms; Select Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Julie Manning is a Middle Eastern security subject matter expert and Arabic linguist. She spent five years in Yemen, Egypt and Afghanistan working in the private sector. She holds an M.A. in Security Studies with a concentration in terrorism and sub-state violence from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and PMP certification.Elisabeth Kendall is Senior Research Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Pembroke College, Oxford University. Previously, she held positions at the Universities of Edinburgh and Harvard, as well as serving as Director of a UK government sponsored Center focused on building Arabic-based research expertise. Her current research examines how militant jihad groups exploit traditional local Arab cultures. She has lectured at government and academic institutions all around the world.
Summary
Offers user friendly lists of Arabic English intelligence terms with brief definitions, organised in thematic sections. This book includes common acronyms often found in intelligence reports, manuals and training course materials.
