Susan McCall Perlman is Professor of History and Intelligence Studies at the National Intelligence University. She has published widely on US foreign relations and intelligence and is the 2020 recipient of the Robert Beland Excellence in Teaching Award.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations in text; Abbreviations in notes; Introduction; 1. Liberation; 2. Civil war; 3. Restoration; 4. March to power; 5. L'Evénement; Conclusion: How intelligence becomes policy; Notes; Bibliography.

'Perlman offers a revealing examination that decenters Washington and instead provides a deeply researched and beautifully written transnational and trans-imperial history. She recognizes that foreign policy is rarely the result of one voice. Instead, she highlights the myriad of voices, which jockeyed for position within and among, the various government agencies, and countries. This is intelligence history at its best.' Sarah-Jane Corke, Co-Founder and Past-President of the North American Society for Intelligence History and Associate Professor at the University of New Brunswick