The Baghdad Set

Iraq through the Eyes of British Intelligence, 1941-45
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-15182-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 583 g

This book provides the first ever intelligence history of Iraq from 1941 to 1945, and is the third and final volume of a trilogy on regional intelligence and counterintelligence operations that includes Nazi Secret Warfare in Occupied Persia (Iran) (2014) , and Espionage and Counterintelligence in Occupied Persia (Iran) (2015). This account of covert operations in Iraq during the Second World War is based on archival documents, diaries, and memoirs, interspersed with descriptions of all kinds of clandestine activity, and contextualized with analysis showing the significance of what happened regionally in terms of the greater war. After outlining the circumstances of the rise and fall of the fascist Gaylani regime, Adrian O’Sullivan examines the activities of the Allied secret services (CICI, SOE, SIS, and OSS) in Iraq, and the Axis initiatives planned or mounted against them. O'Sullivan emphasizes the social nature of human intelligence work and introducesthe reader to a number of interesting, talented personalities who performed secret roles in Iraq, including the distinguished author Dame Freya Stark.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Sullivan, Adrian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Nachrichtendienste, Geheimdienste
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Prologue: Of Spies, Scouts, and Cover.- 2. Prelude to Conflict and the Embassy Siege.- 3. War within War.- 4. Restoring the Peace.- 5. South Gate.- 6. The Moon Palace.- 7. Border Security and Boots on the Ground.- 8. Six: His Britannic Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service.- 9. A Place in the Shade.- 10. Oh So Social.- 11. Epilogue: The Baghdad Set.

Über Autor(innen)

Adrian O'Sullivan, a former intelligence linguist, has lived and worked in the UK, Europe, North America, and the Middle East. He completed his doctorate in intelligence history at the University of South Africa and is an Emeritus Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He now lives and writes in semi-retirement on the west coast of Canada.