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This book traces the activities of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6) and the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) during the Suez Crisis, one of the most infamous episodes of British foreign policy. In doing so it identifies broader lessons not only about the events of 1956, but about the place of intelligence in strategy itself. It provides both an exploration of the relationship between intelligence and strategy at the conceptual level, and also a historical account, and strategic analysis of, the performance of the Joint Intelligence Committee and the Secret Intelligence Service during this time. Focusing on the period immediately before, during, and after the crisis, Danny Steed brings together a complete picture of intelligence story in Britain that has so far eluded comprehensive treatment in the Suez historiography. Through extensive consultation of declassified archival sources, a re-examination of often referred to sources, and the employment of oral history, this study identifies the most significant lessons about the use of intelligence revealed by the Suez Crisis

The potential engagement of British forces in military action often leads to intense public debate. This book assesses the public legal justifications for such operations. It critiques the idea that using international legal norms to justify decisions on the use of force will necessarily result in fewer instances of military intervention.

Introduction: from the BRICs to Suez -- Why do they hate us? : the British, the Effendia, and the collapse of a once-reliable colonial machine, 1945-1952 -- Nasser as the wave of the future : the inevitable alliance between American internationalists and Egyptian officers, 1952-1954 -- Soviet trade offensive, Afro-Asian divisions, and internationalist woes : from Stalin's death to the Bandung Conference, 1953-1955 -- The mirror strategy in action : the use and abuse of the Soviet economic offensive in the Third World during 1955 -- Killing the Aswan Dam : from Nasser's populist turn to Dulles's brilliant chess move, September 1955-July 1956 -- The rise and demise of the third bloc movement during the Suez crisis, July-November 1956 -- Conclusion : the economic cold war in the Middle East -- Postscript : from Suez to the BRICs