The role of French security policy and cooperation in Africa has long been recognized as a critically important factor in African politics and international rel
How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth century After Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly inf
France experienced a period of crisis following World War I when the relationship between the nation and its colonies became a subject of public debate. The Fre
This book explores French imperialism in Latin America in the nineteenth century, taking Mexico as a case study. The standard narrative of nineteenth-century im
Originally published in 1938. Upon restoration of peace in 1814, recovery of colonial prestige become one of the leading affairs of the French state. First the