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.