Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. List of Illustrations VII
4. Acknowledgments IX
5. List of Abbreviations XI
6. Introduction: Exploring Intelligence and Empire 1
7. 1. The Development of Intelligence Services and Security Policing in North Africa and the Middle East 14
8. 2. Past Precedents and Colonial Rule 45
9. 3. Constructing the Enemy: Intelligence, Islam, and Communism 73
10. 4. Intelligence and Revolt I: British Security Services and Communal Unrest in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan 107
11. 5. Intelligence and Revolt II: French Security Services and Communal Unrest in Morocco and Syria 145
12. 6. Policing the Desert Frontier: Intelligence, Environment, and Bedouin Communities 173
13. 7. Intelligence and Urban Opposition in French Territories 201
14. 8. Disorder in the Palestine Mandate: Intelligence and the Descent to War in the British Middle East 226
15. 9. Domestic Politics, International Threats, and Colonial Security in French Territories, 1936-1939 261
16. Conclusion: Intelligence, Security, and the Colonial State 293
17. Glossary 305
18. Notes 309
19. Selected Bibliography 397
20. Index 419