Introduction : the life and death of Joseph Davidescu -- Britain's wartime policies : perceptions of Jewish power and Arab conspiracy -- Intelligence, policy, and the emerging modern Middle East -- Cause for peace : the establishment of a civil government -- Security, air control and the 1929 (attempted) revolt -- British intelligence, the Mufti and nationalist youth -- Intelligence, security and the road to rebellion -- The Arab revolt : intelligence and politics -- Military intelligence and the Arab revolt -- Intelligence, Ibn Saʻūd, and the White Paper policy -- The consequences of the White Paper -- Conclusion : Britain's "intelligence state" and the failure of the Palestinian independence movement.
Summary:
"This book is about Britain's use of intelligence in Palestine from the beginning of the occupation during WWI, through riots and disturbances of the 1920s, the revolt of the 1930s, and the beginning of WWII"-- Provided by publisher.
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