Overview
- Advances research on the imperial origins of British intelligence in the interwar period
- Shows how intelligence practices were diffused throughout the British Empire, highlighting the imperial contribution of British intelligence before the Second World War
- Explores how the British Empire came to define anti-colonial resistance as ‘terrorism’, offering new insights into the historical roots of terrorist movements and uses of intelligence
Part of the book series: Britain and the World (BAW)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Policing Revolutionary Terrorism in Bengal
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The Wider World
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Book Title: Policing ‘Bengali Terrorism’ in India and the World
Book Subtitle: Imperial Intelligence and Revolutionary Nationalism, 1905-1939
Authors: Michael Silvestri
Series Title: Britain and the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18042-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18041-6Published: 17 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18044-7Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18042-3Published: 08 July 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-7182
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7190
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 362
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, History of South Asia, World History, Global and Transnational History, International Security Studies, Terrorism