Marianne is watching : intelligence, counterintelligence, and the origins of the French surveillance state / Deborah Bauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bauer, Deborah, author.

Series:

Studies in War, Society, and the Military

Studies in war, society, and the military

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--History--France--19th century.

Intelligence service.

Espionage--History--France--19th century.

Espionage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Deborah Bauer presents the history of French espionage and counterespionage services in the era of their professionalization, arguing that the expansion of surveillance practices reflects a change in understandings of how best to protect the nation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1 : the creation of permanent intelligence organizations

Intelligence in history : the beginnings of modern espionage

A place of its own : professionalizing intelligence in the French army

Intelligence communities : police, diplomats, and the militarization of intelligence

Part 2 : the practice of intelligence

Enemies, allies, empire : the stories intelligence tells

Defining espionage and prosecuting spies : national defense and the April 1886 espionage law

Countering espionage : the expansion of domestic surveillance, national defense, and the foreigner

Part 3 : intelligence in the public sphere

Identifying spies and protecting the nation : constructing insiders and outsiders through public participation

Raison d'etat : espionage, surveillance, and limitations for the nation

Epilogue

Appendix : April 18, 1886, law regulating espionage (French and English).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4962-2372-1

OCLC:

1269317199