La Grande Fauche: La Fuite des Technologies verl'Est

(English title: Gorbachev's TechnologyWars)

Publication history

La Grande Fauche was commissioned in 1988 by Frenchpublisher Les Editions Plon, and appeared in 1989. Written inFrench by the author, it has never been published in anEnglish-language version.

An excerpt appeared prior to publication in Paris Match.The lead story of the book, about French techno-bandit AiméRichardt, first appeared as a cover story with the French newsweeklyL'Express as "Le Scandale Français: SecretsInformatiques Vendus à l'URSS" (16-22 October 1987edition).

Extraits (édition française)

• Le Scandale Français
• Les ramasseurs du Kremlin
• Le Reseau Richardt
• Le repenti de Toshiba
• .Le Bouc émissaire de Kongsberg
• Ballets francos-russe
• La fauche au niveau institutionel
• Complicités tous azimuts
• La Suède à l'heure américaine
• Traffiquants de tout poils
• Le Cocom au rendez-vous de la perestroïka

Selected excerpts (author's English translation)

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The French Scandal
• Chapter 2: Collectors of the Kremlin
• Chapter 3: Toshiba Repents
• Chapter 4: The Scapegoat of Kongsberg
• Chapter 5: French Love Dance
• Chapter 6: German Allies
• Chapter 7: A Chain of Conspiracy
• Chapter 8: Sweden, American-style
• Chapter 9: The Techbusters
• Chapter 10: Cocom at the Crossroads