Power and Glory: France¿s Secret Wars with Britain and America, 1945-2016

by R. T. Howard

Overview

Since 1945, France has pursued a clandestine rivalry with Great Britain and the United States. It has been jealous and resentful of the power and status of the English-speaking world, genuinely fearing that its rivals will steal or undermine its colonial possessions or influence. This book tells the story of that curious tension through the prism of the France's 'secret wars.'

R. T. Howard is an editor of the international intelligence magazine Eye Spy, and has written extensively on intelligence-related issues for Jane's Intelligence Review, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, The Times, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785901164
Publisher:	Biteback Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	05/16/2017
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Roger Howard: Roger Howard is an editor of an international magazine on intelligence issues, Eye Spy, and has written extensively on intelligence-related issues for titles such as Jane’s Intelligence Review, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, The Times, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Massacre in Damascus
2. English Spies on the Red Island
3. Madagascar, Communism and the ‘Anglo-Saxons’
4. Tension and Rivalry in Indochina
5. A Pawn in the Great Game
6. Suez, Nasser and Algeria
7. Great Power Rivalry in Africa
8. Communists and Anglo-Saxons in Africa
9. Biafra: The Last Anglo-French War?
10. Africa, America and the French Nuclear Bomb
11. Mrs Thatcher’s ‘Victorian War’: France and the Falklands
12. Greenpeace and the Remnants of French Empire
13. Rwanda and the Age of Hyperpuissance
14. War by Proxy in Central Africa
15. France’s Libyan Venture
16. Syria, France and the Great Game
Conclusion

Bibliography
Sources
Notes
Index