Confronting the Colonies : British Intelligence and Counterinsurgency.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (308 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowlegements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Intelligence Assessment in an Age of Competing Threats -- An Age of Competing Threats -- Strategic Intelligence and the British Counterinsurgency Experience -- The Joint Intelligence Committee and the Importance of Strategic Intelligence -- 2. Unfulfilled Potential: Malaya, 1948-1951 -- The JIC in 1948 -- Warning and Assessment -- Broadening Assessments -- Intelligence 'Management' -- Broader Reflections -- 3. Turf Wars and Tension: Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- The JIC, 1955-1959 -- Intelligence Advice -- Assessing the Internal Threat -- Internationalising Insurgencies -- Broader Reflections -- 4. Into the Whitehall Minefield: Aden and the Federation of South Arabia, 1962-1967 -- The JIC, 1962-1967 -- Intelligence Reform -- Threat Assessment -- Covert Action -- Broader Reflections -- 5. After Pax Britannica: Oman, 1968-1975 -- The JIC in 1968 -- Managing Intelligence Overseas -- Assessments -- Policy Input -- Broader Reflections -- 6. Defining Threats, Understanding Security -- JIC Evolution and the Quest for Inclusivity -- Strategic intelligence and counterinsurgency: roles and lessons -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.
An original exploration of how the intelligence community became aware of the growing insurgent threat in the twilight of Empire, the challenges this posed, and its impact upon how Whitehall saw the world.
9780199365395
Intelligence service-Great Britain-History-20th century. Great Britain-Colonies-History-20th century. Counterinsurgency-Great Britain-History-20th century. Great Britain-Foreign relations-1945-.