Machine derived contents note: Preface; Part I. The Burden of History: 1. The politics of scandal; 2. From Dreyfus to Vichy; Part II. Legacy of Empire: Intrigue in Paris: 3. The Generals affair; 4. The Leakages affair; 5. The Mitterrrand affair; 6. The Ben Barka affair; Part III. Legacy of Empire: War in Algeria; 7. The Fourth Republic: murder or suicide?; 8. Moslems and settlers; 9. Algerian conversations; 10. The army and its putsch; Part IV. Learning from History?: 11. Gaullist grandeur: myth or reality; 12. Vietnam: America's Algeria?; Index