The French secret services: from the Dreyfus Affair to the Gulf War
Law and crime, Espionage
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Porch examines intelligence services in modern French history, tracing their roots to Napoleon and analyzing their impact on government and the military during two world wars and colonial rule in Africa and Southeast Asia. He documents successes, such as the… Resistance in World War II, as well as failures, such as the infamous Dreyfus Affair. 1995.