1st Edition

The Egyptian Intelligence Service A History of the Mukhabarat, 1910-2009

By Owen L. Sirrs Copyright 2010
284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyzes how the Egyptian intelligence community has adapted to shifting national security threats since its inception 100 years ago.  Starting in 1910, when the modern Egyptian intelligence system was created to deal with militant nationalists and Islamists, the book shows how the security services were subsequently reorganized, augmented and centralized to meet an... Read more

Introduction  Part 1:  Intelligence and the Monarchy  1. Mamur Zapt  2.  Decline & Fall of the Old Regime  Part 2:  Intelligence under Nasser  3. Creating a New Intelligence Community  4. General Intelligence  5. Egyptian Intelligence & the Suez Crisis  6. Unity, Subversion & Secession  7. Intelligence & the Yemen Wars  8. The Intelligence State  9. The 1967 War  10. Nasser's Twilight  Part 3:  Intelligence under Sadat  11. Power Struggles  12. Grand Deception in the 1973 War  13. Rejectionists  Part 4:  Intelligence under Mubarak  14. Troubles at Home & Abroad  15. State Security  16. General Intelligence Wars  17. September 2001 & Beyond.  Conclusion

Biography

Owen L. Sirrs is a faculty associate in the Defense Critical Language and Culture Program at the University of Montana where he specializes in the Middle East and Afghanistan. He previously served as senior intelligence officer on Iran for the US Defense Intelligence Agency.