03802nam 2200661 450 991079226060332120230803024422.01-306-26021-30-19-936527-X0-19-936539-3(CKB)2560000000295121(EBL)1426688(OCoLC)861538351(SSID)ssj0001001656(PQKBManifestationID)11534013(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001656(PQKBWorkID)10965957(PQKB)10153871(StDuBDS)EDZ0000235511(MiAaPQ)EBC1426688(MiAaPQ)EBC4311750(Au-PeEL)EBL4311750(CaPaEBR)ebr11499800(OCoLC)1020697020(EXLCZ)99256000000029512120180212h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConfronting the colonies British intelligence and counterinsurgency /Rory CormacFirst edition.New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2013.©20131 online resource (500 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-935443-X 0-19-938825-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 InsurgenciesBroader 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; ZMoving 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 assessIntelligence serviceGreat BritainHistory20th centuryCounterinsurgencyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryGreat BritainColoniesHistory20th centuryGreat BritainForeign relations1945-Intelligence serviceHistoryCounterinsurgencyHistory327.1241017124109045Cormac Rory1462224MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792260603321Confronting the colonies3671111UNINA