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Description of  The Twilight of the British Empire: British Intelligence and Counter-Subversion in the Middle East, 1948 63 (Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare)

This book reveals, for the first time, a hitherto unexplored dimension of Britains engagement with the post-war Middle East: the counter-subversive policies and measures conducted by the British Intelligence and Security Services and he Information Research Department (IRD) of the Foreign Office, Britains secret propaganda apparatus. Between 1948 and 1963, British policymakers used intelligence as a tool to maintain British influence in Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iran. Discover how Britain tried to influence regional intelligence and security services and shape their approach to countering communist subversion. However, amidst disagreements over the nature of the threat and levels of brutality used to counter it, intelligence and secret liasons ultimately failed to protect Britains waning influence. Read more