Ryan Shaffer is a historian with expertise on political violence and security. He has written for international magazines, including Reader’s Digest and Homeland Security Today, and his academic research has appeared in journals, such as Intelligence and National Security and the Journal of Intelligence History. Shaffer is the author of Music, Youth and International Links in Post-War British Fascism: The Transformation of Extremism.

• Introduction, Ryan Shaffer1. The More Things Change: Kenya’s Special Branch During the Decade of Independence, Ryan Shaffer2. Intelligence, Decolonization and Non-Alignment in Zanzibar and Tanganyika, 1962–1972, Simon Graham3. Soviet Bloc Security Services and the Birth of New Intelligence Communities in Mozambique and Angola, Owen Sirrs4. Intelligence in Counterinsurgency: Lessons from the Rhodesian Experience, Glenn A. Cross5. The Role of the Forces armées rwandaises Intelligence Services and Parallel Power Structures During the Rwandan Struggle for Liberation, John Burton Kegel6. Intelligence and Political Power in Neo-Patrimonial Systems: Theory and Evidence from Liberia, Benjamin J. Spatz and Alex Bollfrass 7. The Sudanese Intelligence Services Between Continuity and Disruption, Joseph Fitsanakis and Shannon Brophy8. Civilian Intelligence Services in Botswana: Colonial Legacies and Politicization of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security, Tshepo Gwatiwa and Lesego Tsholofelo9. Kno

A significant contribution to the field of Intelligence Studies . . . useful for scholars, students and international agencies cultivating relations with African countries diplomatically and strategically . . . offers a new understanding on African intelligence services.

Ryan Shaffer is a historian with expertise on political violence and security. He has written for international magazines, including Reader’s Digest and Homeland Security Today, and his academic research has appeared in journals, such as Intelligence and National Security and the Journal of Intelligence History. Shaffer is the author of Music, Youth and International Links in Post-War British Fascism: The Transformation of Extremism.

• Introduction, Ryan Shaffer1. The More Things Change: Kenya’s Special Branch During the Decade of Independence, Ryan Shaffer2. Intelligence, Decolonization and Non-Alignment in Zanzibar and Tanganyika, 1962–1972, Simon Graham3. Soviet Bloc Security Services and the Birth of New Intelligence Communities in Mozambique and Angola, Owen Sirrs4. Intelligence in Counterinsurgency: Lessons from the Rhodesian Experience, Glenn A. Cross5. The Role of the Forces armées rwandaises Intelligence Services and Parallel Power Structures During the Rwandan Struggle for Liberation, John Burton Kegel6. Intelligence and Political Power in Neo-Patrimonial Systems: Theory and Evidence from Liberia, Benjamin J. Spatz and Alex Bollfrass 7. The Sudanese Intelligence Services Between Continuity and Disruption, Joseph Fitsanakis and Shannon Brophy8. Civilian Intelligence Services in Botswana: Colonial Legacies and Politicization of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security, Tshepo Gwatiwa and Lesego Tsholofelo9. Kno

A significant contribution to the field of Intelligence Studies . . . useful for scholars, students and international agencies cultivating relations with African countries diplomatically and strategically . . . offers a new understanding on African intelligence services.

Ryan Shaffer is a historian with expertise on political violence and security. He has written for international magazines, including Reader’s Digest and Homeland Security Today, and his academic research has appeared in journals, such as Intelligence and National Security and the Journal of Intelligence History. Shaffer is the author of Music, Youth and International Links in Post-War British Fascism: The Transformation of Extremism.

• Introduction, Ryan Shaffer1. The More Things Change: Kenya’s Special Branch During the Decade of Independence, Ryan Shaffer2. Intelligence, Decolonization and Non-Alignment in Zanzibar and Tanganyika, 1962–1972, Simon Graham3. Soviet Bloc Security Services and the Birth of New Intelligence Communities in Mozambique and Angola, Owen Sirrs4. Intelligence in Counterinsurgency: Lessons from the Rhodesian Experience, Glenn A. Cross5. The Role of the Forces armées rwandaises Intelligence Services and Parallel Power Structures During the Rwandan Struggle for Liberation, John Burton Kegel6. Intelligence and Political Power in Neo-Patrimonial Systems: Theory and Evidence from Liberia, Benjamin J. Spatz and Alex Bollfrass 7. The Sudanese Intelligence Services Between Continuity and Disruption, Joseph Fitsanakis and Shannon Brophy8. Civilian Intelligence Services in Botswana: Colonial Legacies and Politicization of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security, Tshepo Gwatiwa and Lesego Tsholofelo9. Kno

A significant contribution to the field of Intelligence Studies . . . useful for scholars, students and international agencies cultivating relations with African countries diplomatically and strategically . . . offers a new understanding on African intelligence services.