Arab World and Western Intelligence

Arab World and Western Intelligence
Author: Dina Rezk
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2017-06-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1474405061

The untold story of Western intelligence in the Middle East Have Western experts fundamentally failed to understand the dynamics, leaders and culture of the Middle East? Using the most recently declassified documents, interviews and Arabic sources, the book examines seminal case studies culminating in Sadats dramatic assassination and explores how the most knowledgeable and powerful intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off guard in this region.

Arab World and Western Intelligence

Arab World and Western Intelligence
Author: Dina Rezk
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2017-06-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0748698922

Have Western intelligence experts fundamentally failed to understand the dynamics, leaders and culture of the Middle East? Using the most recently declassified documents, interviews and Arabic sources, the book examines seminal case studies to explore how the most knowledgeable and powerful intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off-guard.

Teaching International Relations

Teaching International Relations
Author: Scott, James M.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-08-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1839107650

This comprehensive guide captures important trends in international relations (IR) pedagogy, paying particular attention to innovations in active learning and student engagement for the contemporary International Relations IR classroom.

When in the Arab World

When in the Arab World
Author: Rana F.. Nejem
Publisher:
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2016
Genre:
ISBN: 9781911195214

When in the Arab World is written from the inside for anyone who wants to live or work with Arab culture.

America's Great Game

America's Great Game
Author: Hugh Wilford
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 046501965X

From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitability—far from it. Indeed, the earliest generation of CIA operatives was actually the region’s staunchest western ally. In America’s Great Game, celebrated intelligence historian Hugh Wilford reveals the surprising history of the CIA’s pro-Arab operations in the 1940s and 50s by tracing the work of the agency’s three most influential—and colorful—officers in the Middle East. Kermit “Kim” Roosevelt was the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and the first head of CIA covert action in the region; his cousin, Archie Roosevelt, was a Middle East scholar and chief of the Beirut station. The two Roosevelts joined combined forces with Miles Copeland, a maverick covert operations specialist who had joined the American intelligence establishment during World War II. With their deep knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs, the three men were heirs to an American missionary tradition that engaged Arabs and Muslims with respect and empathy. Yet they were also fascinated by imperial intrigue, and were eager to play a modern rematch of the “Great Game,” the nineteenth-century struggle between Britain and Russia for control over central Asia. Despite their good intentions, these “Arabists” propped up authoritarian regimes, attempted secretly to sway public opinion in America against support for the new state of Israel, and staged coups that irrevocably destabilized the nations with which they empathized. Their efforts, and ultimate failure, would shape the course of U.S.–Middle Eastern relations for decades to come. Based on a vast array of declassified government records, private papers, and personal interviews, America’s Great Game tells the riveting story of the merry band of CIA officers whose spy games forever changed U.S. foreign policy.

The Secret War for the Middle East

The Secret War for the Middle East
Author: Youssef Aboul-Enein
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2013-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612513360

It can be argued that the Middle East during the World War II has been regarded as that conflict’s most overlooked theater of operations. Though the threat of direct Axis invasion never materialized beyond the Egyptian Western Desert with Rommel’s Afrika Korps, this did not limit the Axis from probing the Middle East and cultivating potential collaborators and sympathizers. These actions left an indelible mark in the socio-political evolution of the modern states of the Middle East. This book explores the infusion of the political language of anti-Semitism, nationalism, fascism, and Marxism that were among the ideological byproducts of Axis and Allied intervention in the Arab world. The status of British-dominated Middle East was tailor-made for exploitation by Axis intelligence and propaganda. German and Italian intelligence efforts fueled anti-British resentments; their influence shaped the course of Arab nationalist sentiments throughout the Middle East. A relevant parallel to the pan-Arab cause was Hitler’s attempt to bring ethnic Germans into the fold of a greater German state. In theory, as the Sudeten German stood on par with the Carpathian German, so too, according to doctrinal theory, did the Yemeni stand in union with the Syrian in the imagination of those espousing pan-Arabism. As historic evidence demonstrates, this very commonality proved to be a major factor in the development of relations between Arab and Fascist leaders. The Arab nationalist movement amounted to nothing more than a shapeless, fragmented, counter position to British imperialism, imported to the Arab East via Berlin for Nazi aspirations.

Fractured Lands

Fractured Lands
Author: Scott Anderson
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0525434445

From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a piercing account of how the contemporary Arab world came to be riven by catastrophe since the 2003 United States invasion of Iraq. In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known as the Arab Spring. Few could predict that these convulsions, initially hailed in the West as a triumph of democracy, would give way to brutal civil war, the terrors of the Islamic State, and a global refugee crisis. But, as New York Times bestselling author Scott Anderson shows, the seeds of catastrophe had been sown long before. In this gripping account, Anderson examines the myriad complex causes of the region’s profound unraveling, tracing the ideological conflicts of the present to their origins in the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003 and beyond. From this investigation emerges a rare view into a land in upheaval through the eyes of six individuals—the matriarch of a dissident Egyptian family; a Libyan Air Force cadet with divided loyalties; a Kurdish physician from a prominent warrior clan; a Syrian university student caught in civil war; an Iraqi activist for women’s rights; and an Iraqi day laborer-turned-ISIS fighter. A probing and insightful work of reportage, Fractured Lands offers a penetrating portrait of the contemporary Arab world and brings the stunning realities of an unprecedented geopolitical tragedy into crystalline focus.

Arab Cultural Awareness

Arab Cultural Awareness
Author: U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
Publisher:
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2006-12-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781468036480

This handbook is designed to specifically provide the trainer a 'hip pocket training' resource. It is intended for informal squad or small group instruction. The goal is to provide soldiers with a basic overview of Arab culture. It must be emphasized that there is no "one" Arab culture or society. The Arab world is full of rich and diverse communities, groups and cultures. Differences exist not only among countries, but within countries as well. Caveat: It is impossible to talk about groups of people without generalizing. It then follows that it is hard to talk about the culture of a group without generalizing. This handbook attempts to be as accurate and specific as possible, but inevitably contains such generalizations. Treat these generalizations with caution and wariness. They do provide insight into a culture, but the accuracy and usefulness will depend on the context and specific circumstances.

Intelligence Arabic

Intelligence Arabic
Author: Julie C. Manning
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2017-04-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1474401473

Contains user-friendly lists of Arabic-English intelligence terms with brief definitionsWhat is the Arabic term for aDouble Agent? How would you say aPlausible Deniability? Can you recognise the phrase 'False-flag Recruitment'? Or aCanary Trap?This short, accessible vocabulary gives you ready-made lists of over 1000 key terms in intelligence Arabic for translating both from and into Arabic and includes brief definitions. It is divided into seven key areas:General termsAnalysisHuman intelligenceOperationsCounterintelligenceSignals intelligenceAcronymsKey featuresPresents a comprehensive list of 1000 intelligence terms searchable in Arabic and English, with brief definitionsTerms are ordered alphabetically in English within each section; an Arabic index eases the search for terms in this language Online audio materials aid learning and help self-assessment

Everyday Arab Identity

Everyday Arab Identity
Author: Christopher Phillips
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 0415684889

This book examines Arab identity in the contemporary Middle East, and explains why that identity has been maintained alongside state and religious identities over the last 40 years.