The Fall and Rise of French Sea Power: France’s Quest for an Independent Naval Policy, 1940-1963. Canuel, Hugues. Naval Institute Press, 2021. . To begin with, the fall in Hugues Canuel’s title refers to the circumstances leading to the Nazi occupation of France in 1940, and the rise accounts for the latter’s decision to join More

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