Confronting the Colonies: British Intelligence and CounterinsurgencyOxford University Press, 1 Μαρ 2014 - 256 σελίδες 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 assessment and how they were met with varying degrees of success. Such issues remain of vital importance today. By examining the relationship between intelligence and policy, Cormac provides original and revealing insights into government thinking in the era of decolonisation, from the origins of nationalist unrest to the projection of dwindling British power. He demonstrates how intelligence (mis-)understood the complex relationship between the Cold War, nationalism, and decolonisation; how it fuelled fierce Whitehall feuding; and how it shaped policymakers' attempts to integrate counterinsurgency into broader strategic policy. |
Περιεχόμενα
Cyprus 19551959 | |
Aden and the Federation of South | |
Threat Assessment | |
Oman 19681975 | |
Defining Threats Understanding Security | |
Notes | 1 |
Bibliography | 59 |
72 | |
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
Confronting the Colonies: British Intelligence and Counterinsurgency Rory Cormac Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2013 |
Confronting the Colonies: British Intelligence and Counterinsurgency Rory Cormac Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2014 |
Confronting the Colonies: British Intelligence and Counterinsurgency Rory Cormac Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2013 |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
agenda April argued Assessments Staff Britain British intelligence British interests British withdrawal broader Cabinet Office campaign central intelligence machinery chiefs of staff cognitive closure Cold Cold War colonial intelligence Colonial Office colonial security committee’s Communist conflict context coordination counterinsurgency covert action Current Intelligence Cypriot Cyprus December decolonisation Defence Intelligence Staff Despite developments Dhofar Egyptian emphasised ensure EOKA example external factors February Federation forces Foreign Office impact imperial important increasingly input insurgency Intelligence and National intelligence and security intelligence reform interdepartmental involved Iraq irregular threats issues JIC assessments JIC chairman JIC Minutes JIC’s JIC(FE JIC(ME Joint Intelligence Committee joint intelligence organisation lack London Malaya Malayan Emergency March Mawby Meeting Middle East military Nasser National Security October Omani operations overseas Oxford Persian Gulf policymakers political politicisation potential Qaboos regarding regional relevant Royalists Secretary situation South Arabia South Yemen Soviet subversion Sultan Trevaskis violence warning whilst Whitehall