The Arab world and Western intelligence : Analying the Middle East, 1956-1981 / Dina, Rezk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rezk, Dina, author.

Series:

Intelligence, surveillance and secret warfare.

Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--Western countries.

Intelligence service.

Middle East--History--20th century.

Middle East.

Middle East--Politics and government--History--20th century.

Middle East--Foreign relations--Western countries.

Western countries--Foreign relations--Middle East.

Western countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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 most knowledgeable and powerful intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off-guard.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Orientalism and Analysis: Ideas of the ‘Arab’

2. Formation of the United Arab Republic

3. Revolution in Iraq

4. Syrian Secession

5. Civil War in Yemen

6. Six-Day War

7. War of Attrition

8. Early Years of Sadat’s Presidency

9. Yom Kippur War

10. Aftermath of Victory

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-3525-4

0-7486-9892-2

1-4744-0506-1

OCLC:

1312726922