to Z of Middle Eastern Intelligence

Muhammad Suwaed

ISBN 10: 0810871572 / ISBN 13: 9780810871571

Published by Scarecrow Press, 2009

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The A to Z of Middle East Intelligence addresses intelligence issues in the region from ancient history and the Middle Ages through modern times, covering the decline of the Ottoman Empire, intelligence activity in the Middle East during and between the two world wars, and the interplay between colonial and local intelligence and counterintelligence agencies of the period. It also presents the relatively new fundamentalist terrorist organizations that have had a significant impact on international relations and on the structure and deployment of intelligence, counterintelligence, and other security organs in the Middle East today. With a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important events and key organizations involved in all aspects of intelligence gathering and analysis, as well as the biographies of key players, this is an important reference on the current situation in the Middle East.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: to Z of Middle Eastern Intelligence
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810871572
• ISBN 13: 9780810871571
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 22D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 511 grams

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Synopsis

Given the rivalries and suspicions prevailing in the Middle East, it is not surprising that most of these states are very concerned about espionage and infiltration. With the additional threat of terrorism, nuclear weapons, a large U.S. military presence, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, the result is an impressively busy intelligence industry, proportionately larger and more extensive than in most other regions.

The A to Z of Middle East Intelligence addresses intelligence issues in the region from ancient history and the Middle Ages through modern times, covering the decline of the Ottoman Empire, intelligence activity in the Middle East during and between the two world wars, and the interplay between colonial and local intelligence and counterintelligence agencies of the period. It also presents the relatively new fundamentalist terrorist organizations that have had a significant impact on international relations and on the structure and deployment of intelligence, counterintelligence, and other security organs in the Middle East today. With a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important events and key organizations involved in all aspects of intelligence gathering and analysis, as well as the biographies of key players, this is an important reference on the current situation in the Middle East.

About the Author

Ephraim Kahana chairs the National Security Program in the Department of Political Science at the Western Galilee College in Israel. He is the author of Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence (Scarecrow Press, 2006).

Muhammad Suwaed is a faculty member of the National Security Program in the Western Galilee College and the Kinneret College in Israel.