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DE LATTRE – The German Campaign 1945
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February 1945: General de Lattre de Tassigny and his First French Army stand before the Rhine. He is the first since Turenne and Napoleon to be in a position to cross it by force. The Americans are not in favour. No matter — supported and encouraged by General de Gaulle, he crosses the Rhine in strength on 31 March 1945 at Gemmersheim. He is about to...
Journey to the Land of Human Networks
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The phenomenon of human networks — networks of influence, school networks, political networks, terrorist networks — seems more than ever to dominate the public stage. But what really lies behind these "networks" that appear in every newspaper article and on everyone's lips? After three years of patient investigative work, the author presents this study...
The Marsouin's Handbook
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Mémento du Marsouin

L20220081
€10.43
A highly practical manual for military personnel, bringing together all essential knowledge.
Taking Responsibility at 20! Bearing Witness Today…
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The author has assembled, through a vivid, alert and precise narrative, the chronological account of his conscription — 26 months in total, 15 of them in Algeria. The sections and chapters are clearly identified; those concerning Petite Kabylie form the backbone and principal theme of the work. The other sections highlight the author's determination to...
The Gendarmerie in the Algerian War
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What was the real impact of the Algerian War on the French armed forces? Military operations, the means deployed, the evolving role of the army, failures, victories and internal divisions: all these subjects have already inspired countless memoirs and testimonies, and have been the principal or secondary focus of many studies. But within the broader...
JIHAD: The Asymmetry Between Fanaticism and Incomprehension
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Asymmetry remains a poorly understood concept in the fight against Islamist terrorism. Generally defined as a difference in the means employed, its essence is more subtle and defies Western principles of warfare. Unlike symmetric conflicts, asymmetry operates within a "non-zero-sum game" logic, where the tactical success of one party feeds the strategic...
Globalisation and Defence
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Globalization and Defence

L20220071
€28.44
Valérie Pécresse, in her preface, recalls that in these times of severe turbulence we need more than ever to remain alert to the world and to know how to read it in order to act within it. The IHEDN, an institute answerable to the Prime Minister, has as one of its vocations the stimulation of reflection and debate on the crucial question of our country's...
Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Organized Violence Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Organized Violence 2
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Terrorism is neither an inevitability nor a doctrine. It is a method. A method placed in the service of the most diverse strategies and objectives. Even if attacks resemble one another, they most often respond to different ends. The fight against terrorism — or rather, terrorisms — requires a strategy adapted to each adversary, to its structures, its...
Hostage of Amirouche, Bearing Witness for the Memory Hostage of Amirouche, Bearing Witness for the Memory 2
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A young civilian who went to Algeria in 1958 as an instructor under the Algerian schooling plan, he returned after four months of captivity in an FLN camp, which he recounts in this book. Having volunteered for the aviation service from 1959 to 1962, and after training as a nurse in Clermont-Ferrand, he became a senior manager at a specialist educational...
Artillerymen in Algeria 1954–1962 – A Challenge Met
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Artillerymen in Algeria 1954 - 1962, a challenge met. This is a first-hand account relating the action of the artillery in all its components, and across all the missions it was called upon to carry out in this theatre of operations.
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