The twilight of the British Empire : : British intelligence and counter-subversion in the Middle East, 1948-63 / / Chikara Hashimoto ; edited by Rory Cormac.

• Superior document: Intelligence, surveillance and secret warfare
• VerfasserIn: Hashimoto, Chikara,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cormac, Rory,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press Ltd,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Intelligence, surveillance and secret warfare.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2021).

This book reveals, for the first time, a hitherto unexplored dimension of Britain's engagement with the post-war Middle East: the counter-subversive policies and measures conducted by the British Intelligence and Security Services and he Information Research Department (IRD) of the Foreign Office, Britain's secret propaganda apparatus.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title page -- Imprint -- Contents -- Two-Part Tribute Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Fighting the 'Communist Menace' Overseas1 -- 2 Security Training and Liaison in Anti-Communist Measures -- 3 The Defence of the Realm in the Middle East -- 4 Prerequisites of Intelligence Cooperation -- 5 Conflicting Interests in Anti-Communist Measures -- 6 The Use and Abuse of State Power and the Limits of British Influence -- Conclusion: The Twilight of the British Empire in the Middle East -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Security Intelligence Middle East Charter -- Index.