This book explores the strengths and weaknesses of the French Socialist party—its history, ideology, organization, and constituency—as well as the reasons the party has remained a viable force in the French political system for over seventy years.
This book emphasizes U.S. policy considerations in as much as the U.S. has been at the forefront of satellite technology and its application. It addresses the impact of the earlier U.S. policy of global monopoly on the development of international satellite systems.