This hard-hitting book, revealing the role of France in helping to create the threat of political Islam, is based on thorough research at the Quai d’Orsay - the French Foreign Office.
It is neither dusty nor dry, as the well-paced narrative takes the reader from the Dreyfus case to the riots of 2005 - a year when 45,588 vehicles were burnt on the streets of France in an explosion of violence and hate. France’s relations with Lebanon and Syria are a key to understanding Israel and her neighbours.