In the early 1980s, the defection to the West of a high-ranking Soviet agent revealed one of the USSR's best-kept secrets: disinformation as a weapon of war. While the Reagan and Thatcher administrations mobilized their services, in France, the initiative launched by André Giraud failed but was taken up by a handful of journalists who, under the leadership of Daniel Trinquet, General Jean Delaunay, and Prefect Jean Rochet, founded an intellectual resistance network.

After expanding into several European countries with some success, this network fell into relative obscurity, no doubt due to the dividends of peace. However, it rose from the ashes with the invasion of Ukraine. The veterans returned to their posts, proving that, when faced with the Kremlin's methods, memory and expertise are still the best weapons.

As the geopolitical and media landscape is being reconfigured, it is essential to return to the fundamentals. That is why we are republishing Todd Leventhal's pioneering studies this summer, whose work sheds more light than ever on the current challenges. It is the fruit of this work that we present to you today, in French, beginning with Todd Leventhal's pioneering analyses.