France and the Nazi Menace Intelligence and Policy Making 1933-1939 [Hardcover]

France and the Nazi Menaceexamines the French response to the challenge posed by National Socialist Germany in the years 1933-1939. Dr Jackson argues that the German threat was far from the only challenge facing French national leaders in an era of economic depression and profound ideological discord. Only after the national humiliation at the Munich Conference did the threat from Nazi Germany take precedence over France's internal problems in the making of policy.

Jackson's book will reward readers from many different fields. It makes valuable contributions to understanding the later Third Republic, international relations between the wars, and the history of intelligence. --Journal of Modern History

Essential reading for all students of international history. This is a book to be read with pleasure as well as profit. --Diplomacy and Statecraft

This book is a distinguished addition to the growing body of Anglo-American scholarship...--September 2001

[T]imely and well-documented. --French Studies