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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792260603321

Autore

Cormac Rory

Titolo

Confronting the colonies : British intelligence and counterinsurgency / / Rory Cormac

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-306-26021-3

0-19-936527-X

0-19-936539-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 p.)

Disciplina

327.1241017124109045

Soggetti

Intelligence service - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Counterinsurgency - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Great Britain Colonies History 20th century

Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowlegements; Abbreviations; 1. Intelligence Assessment in an Age of Competing Threats; An Age of Competing Threats; Strategic Intelligence and the British Counterinsurgency Experience; The Joint Intelligence Committee and the Importance of Strategic Intelligence; 2. Unfulfilled Potential: Malaya, 1948-1951; The JIC in 1948; Warning and Assessment; Broadening Assessments; Intelligence 'Management'; Broader Reflections; 3. Turf Wars and Tension: Cyprus, 1955-1959; The JIC, 1955-1959; Intelligence Advice; Assessing the Internal Threat; Internationalising Insurgencies

Broader Reflections4. Into the Whitehall Minefield: Aden and the Federation of South Arabia, 1962-1967; The JIC, 1962-1967; Intelligence Reform; Threat Assessment; Covert Action; Broader Reflections; 5. After Pax Britannica: Oman, 1968-1975; The JIC in 1968; Managing Intelligence Overseas; Assessments; Policy Input; Broader Reflections; 6. Defining Threats, Understanding Security; JIC Evolution and the Quest for Inclusivity; Strategic intelligence and counterinsurgency: roles and lessons; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B;



C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, Confronting the Colonies 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 threats. Confronting the Colonies demonstrates for the first time how, in the decades after World War Two, the intelligence agenda expanded to include non-state actors, insurgencies, and irregular warfare. It explores the challenges these emerging threats posed to intelligence assess