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The French Secret Services: A History of French Intelligence from the Drefus Affair to the Gulf War

by Douglas Porch

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French intelligence and the making of modern France

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French intelligence and the making of modern France

Douglas Porch traces the evolution of French intelligence from the spy networks and “black chambers” associated with the ancien régime and Napoleon to modern services operating through the Gulf War. The book places diplomatic and military intelligence, covert action, and industrial espionage within a longer national history, connecting secret institutions to France’s political divisions and its sense of itself as a world power. Spanning well beyond individual operations, it offers a historical framework for considering how intelligence activity intersected with major developments in modern France.

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  • Readers interested in the history of espionage and intelligence services
  • Students of modern French political and military history
  • Readers seeking a broad historical account spanning the Dreyfus Affair to the Gulf War

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French intelligence historyEspionage and covert operationsPolitical cultureMilitary and diplomatic intelligenceFrance as a world power

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A groundbreaking work of research, The French Secret Service tells the dramatic, untold story of the transition of France's spy networks and "black chambers" of the ancient regime and Napolean into modern intelligence services. Ranging from diplomatic and military intelligence to covert operations and industrial espionage, Porch's book explains the sometimes bizzare operations of French intelligence in the context of France's divided political culture and of her self-image as a world power.

"An authoritative analysis of the complex role of intelligence services in modern French history. With Porch's (History/Naval War College; The French Foreign Legion, 1991, etc.) book, it will no longer be possible to think of the defining moments of modern France without also considering the function and influence of the country's secret services." - Kirkus Reviews

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