Shanghai on the Metro: Spies, Intrigue, and the French Between the Wars

by Michael B. Miller

Book Overview

Secret agents, gun runners, White Russians, and con men--they all play a part in Michael B. Miller's strikingly original study of interwar France. Based on extensive research in security files and a mass of printed sources, Shanghai on the M?tro shows how a distinctive milieu of spies and spy literature emerged between the two world wars, reflecting the atmosphere and concerns of these years.

Miller argues that French fascination with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520302362
• ISBN13: 9780520302365
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"