The Arab world and Western intelligence : analysing the Middle East, 1956-1981 /

The untold story of Western intelligence in the Middle East. Have Western 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 culminating...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Rezk, Dina (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press [2017]
Collection:Intelligence, surveillance and secret warfare.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1pwt2n5
Table des matières:
  • Intro
  • 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.