The A to Z of Middle Eastern Intelligence (The A to Z Guide Series): 120 - Softcover

Book 47 of 117: The A to Z Guide Series

Kahana, Ephraim

 
9780810871571: The A to Z of Middle Eastern Intelligence (The A to Z Guide Series): 120
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0810871572 ISBN 13: 9780810871571
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 2009

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.

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About the Author

Muhammad Suwaed is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences in Western Galilee College and Kinneret College in Israel. He won the first prize of the Prime Minister of the State of Israel for his studies on the subject of the Bedouins in 1994. He was a laureate of the Research and Creation Prize of the Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Israel in 2008.

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Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0810871572
ISBN 13 
9780810871571
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
406