Contesting France - Intelligence and Us Foreign Policy in the Early Cold War

Contesting France tells the story of how a transnational web of French sources used their exchanges with US intelligence to shape American policy towards France in the early Cold War. A much-needed addition to intelligence studies, this book will interest students and researchers of the early Cold War.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations in text; Abbreviations in notes; Introduction; 1. Liberation; 2. Civil war; 3. Restoration; 4. March to power; 5. L'Evénement; Conclusion: How intelligence becomes policy; Notes; Bibliography.

About the author

Susan McCall Perlman is Professor of History and Intelligence Studies at the National Intelligence University. She has published widely on US foreign relations and intelligence and is the 2020 recipient of the Robert Beland Excellence in Teaching Award.

Product details

• Authors: Susan McCall Perlman, Susan Mccall (National Intelligence Unive Perlman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009054638
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0905463-8
• No. of pages: 287
• Series: Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, HISTORY / World, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, Second World War, General and world history, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General