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.
Empires of intelligence : security services and colonial disorder after 1914 by Martin Thomas. ISBN 9780520251175. Published by University of California Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.