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.

List of contents

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.

Summary

Dina Rezk analyses 8 case studies, culminating in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar el Sadat on live television, Drawing on declassified documents, interviews and multi-archival research, she explores how the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off guard in post-WWII Middle East.

Product details

• Authors: Dina Rezk
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780748698912
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-9891-2
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Intelligence Surveillance and; Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare; Intelligence, Surveillance and
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration