The French Secret Service
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The French secret service has always maintained a high degree of intelligence efficiency during defeat and occupation without the obsessive passion for secrecy that characterizes the British secret service. It has enjoyed a continuous sytem of intelligence gathering since the 13th century, some 200 years in advance of the creation of a British intelligence network under Henry VII. In this book the author traces its history from the "Cabinet Noir" of Charles V to the "Rainbow Warrior" affair.
Author: Richard Deacon
Format: Paperback, 368 pages, 130mm x 197mm, 275 g
Published: 1990, HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom
Genre: Social Issues, Services & Welfare
The French secret service has always maintained a high degree of intelligence efficiency during defeat and occupation without the obsessive passion for secrecy that characterizes the British secret service. It has enjoyed a continuous sytem of intelligence gathering since the 13th century, some 200 years in advance of the creation of a British intelligence network under Henry VII. In this book the author traces its history from the "Cabinet Noir" of Charles V to the "Rainbow Warrior" affair.