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Military intelligence and the Arab revolt : the first modern intelligence war / Polly A. Mohs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mohs, Polly A.
- Series:
- Studies in intelligence series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intelligence service--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Intelligence service.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military intelligence--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military intelligence--Arab countries.
- Arab countries--History--Arab Revolt, 1916-1918.
- Arab countries.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 238 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Contents:
- Legacies of the First World War 2
- Intelligence: suspended potential 4
- Progress to the east 5
- The Arab Bureau and British policy 7
- 1 Setting the scene: British intelligence and an Arab insurrection, 1913-15 12
- British Egypt: redefining strategic security 12
- Schemes for subversion: Arab opportunities and British ambivalence 16
- Political negotiations 24
- The Foreign Office and the Sykes-Picot Agreement 29
- The creation of the Arab Bureau 32
- 2 The outbreak of the Arab Revolt, May-November 1916 39
- The Sherif of Mecca launches uprising 39
- Complications for British support 42
- Debating control of the Hejaz campaign 45
- The Hejaz uprising: a precedent for Syria? 50
- 3 Arriving at a doctrine of guerrilla warfare, June-October 1916 56
- The defence of Mecca 56
- Divided Islam and a military stalemate 60
- Crisis at Rabegh: debate over an immobile brigade 63
- A 'corner turned' for the Arab Revolt, and McMahon 68
- Lawrence's mission: advancing a strategy of guerrilla warfare 73
- 4 Intelligence on trial: the Rabegh crisis, November 1916-January 1917 84
- First alarm at Rabegh: intelligence wanted 84
- The military debate over reinforcements 87
- Intelligence and the strategic detachment from Medina 91
- The shield of Rabegh collapses: the Turkish counter-attack, December 1916 95
- Intelligence and the gainsaying of Wingate 100
- 5 Reorientation: the Arab Revolt shifts north, January-April 1917 107
- Wejh: filling the strategy vacuum 107
- Regular support for an irregular campaign 116
- Imint and Turkish redeployment to the railway 120
- Tribal politics and a northern migration 123
- Sigint and a vanished option 125
- 6 An unauthorized policy triumph: intelligence and Aqaba, February-July 1917 130
- Destination: Medina, Jauf or Aqaba? 130
- Lawrence's epiphany on Medina 135
- Another 'revolt': the Sykes-Picot stratagem stumbles 138
- Intelligence assessments: Medina fades to Syria 143
- The best laid plans: political and military intelligence on Aqaba 148
- Aftermath: intelligence revelations 152
- Theatre challenges 157
- Regional expertise: the Arab Bureau 159
- Lessons: the Lawrence conundrum 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [170]-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415372801
- 9780415372800
- 0203944623
- 9780203944622
- OCLC:
- 62132645
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