Empires of intelligence: security services and colonial disorder after 1914

Introduction: exploring intelligence and empire

The development of intelligence services and security policing in North Africa and the Middle East

Past precedents and colonial rule

Constructing the enemy: intelligence, Islam, and Communism

Intelligence and revolt I: British security services and communal unrest in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan

Intelligence and revolt II: French security services and communal unrest in Morocco and Syria

Policing the desert frontier: intelligence, environment, and Bedouin communities

Intelligence and urban opposition in French territories

Disorder in the Palestine Mandate: intelligence and the descent to war in the British Middle East

Domestic politics, international threats, and colonial security in French territories, 1936-1939

Conclusion: intelligence, security, and the colonial state.