Confronting the colonies: British intelligence and counterinsurgency

Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, this book 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...

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Beteilige Person: Cormac, Rory (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford Univ. Press 2014
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199354436.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199354436.001.0001
Zusammenfassung:Moving the debate beyond the place of tactical intelligence in counterinsurgency warfare, this book 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. The book 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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (XII, 295 S.)
ISBN:9780199388257
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199354436.001.0001