The first book about Iran's shadowy Ministry of Intelligence
Steven R. Ward provides an accessible overview of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and its focus on tracking and countering domestic dissent and perceived foreign-inspired sedition. The ministry's checkered record of effective intelligence operations includes a history of assassinations and human rights abuses. Developing a clearer picture of the MOIS is important for understanding how the Islamic Republic of Iran operates, seeks security, and competes with its adversaries.
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence updates and improves on the paucity of available information about Iranian intelligence activities. The chapters in the book cover the MOIS's origins, leaders, structure and organizational culture, operations and tradecraft, foreign partners, cultural representations, and future outlook. The book also provides a significant examination of this contemporary intelligence agency that does not follow the model of Western organizations.
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence will be of interest to scholars, students, and general readers of intelligence and Iran's history and politics. It will also be an important resource for national security and foreign policy practitioners.
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The study of secretive security organizations is a challenging venture. In this groundbreaking study of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence, Ward rises to the task and deftly crafts a valuable resource that is as timely as it is prescient.
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"The study of secretive security organizations is a challenging venture. In this groundbreaking study of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence, Ward rises to the task and deftly crafts a valuable resource that is as timely as it is prescient." — Afshon Ostovar, Author, Wars of Ambition and Vanguard of the Imam
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ISBN
9781647125110
Publisert
2024-11-01
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Georgetown University Press
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229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
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