Polly A. Mohs

Military Intelligence and the Arab Revolt

The First Modern Intelligence War

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Produktbeschreibung

"British Intelligence and the Arab Revolt" closely focuses on the organization, activities and influence of British intelligence officers in Cairo, who assumed unorthodox and unprecedented responsibilities as contributors to policy formation for the Anglo-Arab alliance during the Arab Revolt. Previous histories for this theatre have tended to focus on the activities of individual figures - such as T. E. Lawrence - while failing to place the actions of the wider British intelligence, civil and military community into the regional context of intelligence activity. This new work emphasizes the role of political as well as military intelligence in shaping Egypt's strategic outlook regarding the Arab territories. It examines in detail the intelligence which led to the emergence of political principles for the region, and tracks the tactical and topographical intelligence which framed the authorities' larger debate over campaign policy.

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This book examines the use and exploitation of intelligence in formulating Britain's strategy for the Arab Revolt during the First World War. It also presents a radical re-examination of the achievements of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) as an intelligence officer and guerrilla leader.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9780415372800
• ISBN-10: 0415372801
• Artikelnr.: 22537389

Autorenporträt

Polly A. Mohs is an historian and holds a Phd from the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Legacies of the First World War. Intelligence: Suspended
Potential. Progress to the East. The Arab Bureau and British Policy 1.
Setting the Scene: British Intelligence and an Arab Insurrection, 1913-15
1.1 British Egypt: Redefining Strategic Security 1.2 Schemes for
Subversion: Arab Opportunities and British Ambivalence 1.3 Political
Negotiations 1.4 The Foreign Office and the Sykes-Picot Agreement 1.5 The
Creation of the Arab Bureau 2. The Outbreak of the Arab Revolt,
May-November 1916 2.1 The Sherif of Mecca Launches Uprising 2.2
Complications for British Support 2.3 Debating Control of the Hejaz
Campaign 2.4 The Hejaz Uprising: A Precedent for Syria? 3. Arriving at a
Doctrine of Guerrilla Warfare, June-October 1916 3.1 The Arab Bureau and
Evaluations of the Arab Forces 3.2 Divided Islam and a Military Stalemate
3.3 Crisis at Rabegh: Debate Over an Immobile Brigade 3.4 A 'Corner Turned'
for the Arab Revolt, and McMahon 3.5 Lawrence's Mission: Advancing a
Strategy of Guerrilla Warfare 4. Intelligence on Trial: The Rabegh Crisis,
November 1916-January 1917 4.1 First Alarm at Rabegh: Intelligence Wanted
4.2 The Military Debate Over Reinforcements 4.3 Intelligence and the
Strategic Detachment from Medina 4.4 The Shield of Rabegh Collapses: The
Turkish Counter-Attack, December 1916 4.5 Intelligence and the Gainsaying
of Wingate 5. Reorientation: The Arab Revolt Shifts North, January-April
1917 5.1 Wejh: Filling the Strategy Vacuum 5.2 Regular Support for an
Irregular Campaign 5.3 Imint and Turkish Redeployment to the Railway 5.4
Tribal Politics and a Northern Migration 5.5 Sigint and a Vanished Option
6. An Unauthorized Policy Triumph: Intelligence and Aqaba, February-July
1917 6.1 Destination: Medina, Jauf or Aqaba? 6.2 Lawrence's Epiphany on
Medina 6.3 Another 'Revolt': The Sykes-Picot Stratagem Stumbles 6.4
Intelligence Assessments: Medina Fades to Syria 6.5 The Best Laid Plans:
Political and Military Intelligence on Aqaba 6.6 Aftermath: Intelligence
Revelations. Conclusion. Theatre Challenges. Regional Expertise: The Arab
Bureau. Lessons: The Lawrence Conundrum