| Contents |
Introduction: exploring intelligence and empire -- The development of intelligence services and security policing in North Africa and the Middle East -- Past precedents and colonial rule -- Constructing the enemy: intelligence, Islam, and Communism -- Intelligence and revolt I: British security services and communal unrest in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan -- Intelligence and revolt II: French security services and communal unrest in Morocco and Syria -- Policing the desert frontier: intelligence, environment, and Bedouin communities -- Intelligence and urban opposition in French territories -- Disorder in the Palestine Mandate: intelligence and the descent to war in the British Middle East -- Domestic politics, international threats, and colonial security in French territories, 1936-1939 -- Conclusion: intelligence, security, and the colonial state. |
