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Michel de L'Hospital, c. 1506–1573, A Humanist Chancellor of France in the Age of the Wars of Religion
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Michel de L'Hospital, c. 1506–1573, A Humanist Chancellor of France in the Age of the...

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Humanism, tolerance, fanaticism, civil peace and Wars of Religion, Fatherland and Faith: words that still resonate in our societies. These themes already carried force and vigour — often tinged with blood — in the sixteenth century, the age in which Michel de L'Hospital, who had the fleur-de-lis in his heart, a virtuous and wise magistrate, attempted to...
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Enlist – France's Strategic Revival
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Engagez-vous – France's Strategic Relaunch

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France seems to be lagging behind in a rapidly changing world. Its values, interests and convictions appear to carry little weight against the imperatives of a globalised governance dominated by media and markets that leave little room for politics and anaesthetise democracy.To relaunch France — which is the objective proposed by this work — it is...
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Two Years in the Footsteps of Zamaraï Païkan, Afghan General and Hero
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Two Years in the Footsteps of Zamaraï Païkan, Afghan General and Hero

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From Joseph Kessel to military personnel, diplomats and humanitarian workers, many French men and women have left a part of themselves in Afghanistan. These distant lands, at the borders of the imagination — dark and luminous, inhabited by people both so close and so foreign — constitute an ultimately chiaroscuro country: mythical, unclassifiable and...
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Putin's Grand Chessboard
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Putin's Grand Chessboard

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Vladimir Putin leaves no one indifferent. Sometimes demonised by the West, sometimes admired — especially in Russia and Slavic countries — he is here to stay. On the global geopolitical chessboard, the Kremlin's leader is a grandmaster. Putin is a pragmatist. He adapts to circumstances, to the strengths and weaknesses of his adversaries.More than ever,...
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Dawn at the Gates of Hell
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Dawn at the Gates of Hell

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DAWN AT THE GATES OF HELL tells the story of four young volunteers who enlisted in the Naval Infantry at the age of 17 — from their basic training as young soldiers to the death of some and the end of their posting at the Bab el Assa position on the Moroccan border for the others.The Algerian War was drawing to a close in 1960. The efforts of the French...
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GEOCULTURE, a Plea for Sustainable Civilizations GEOCULTURE, a Plea for Sustainable Civilizations 2
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GEOCULTURE: A Plea for Sustainable Civilisations

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Confronted with the shock of crisis, Europe is experiencing today more than a passing weakening. The mechanical application of recipes produced by liberal and technicist ideology has caused it to lose its footing. How can decline be reversed? Where better than within itself can the forces needed to regain balance and influence be found? Is it not in the...
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On the Essential Philosophy of Military Command
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On the Essential Philosophy of Military Command

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In Grandeurs et servitudes militaires, Alfred de Vigny defines soldiers as belonging to a "race of men always scorned or honoured beyond measure depending on whether nations find them useful or necessary". This vision of a writer who was himself a soldier reveals a genuine gap in understanding. The military world — which is, for both historical and...
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From the Meuse to the Danube 1944–1945
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From the Meuse to the Danube 1944–1945

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June 1940. As the French armies began a general retreat on the orders of General Weygand, Commander-in-Chief, the inhabitants of the border regions with Germany and Belgium evacuated their towns and villages before an enemy advancing rapidly.The exodus was short-lived: France signed the armistice on 25 June. A long period of occupation of national...
MALI, a Peace to Win
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MALI, a Peace to be Won

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The war in Mali is incomprehensible unless the testimony of its direct participants is combined with an in-depth reflection on the long-term instability of the Sahel region. Mali, a Peace to be Won presents for the first time the previously unpublished accounts of officers who held operational commands during the first weeks of the engagement. These...
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THE ARCHERS OF THE SKY – History of Aircraft Fléchettes
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THE ARCHERS OF THE SKY — History of Aircraft Fléchettes

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This work pays tribute to the poilus. It recounts the terrible history of the first anti-personnel projectile of military aviation: the aircraft fléchette.These formidable projectiles, whose cruelty was quietly passed over in silence, first appeared in French aviation during the opening days of the Great War. Effective and inexpensive, they were never...
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Maritime Piracy: Africa Boarding
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Maritime Piracy: Africa Under Attack

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What is the impact of piracy on the global economy? Should private companies participate in the fight against piracy? How can piracy be effectively combated? These are burning questions, as piracy in 2014 is assuredly the new scourge of the 21st century.
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War and Crisis Notebooks 2011–2013
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War and Crisis Notebooks 2011–2013

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Through chronicles of wars, crises and analyses of burning issues, this work offers the unsparing perspective of a paratrooper officer turned business leader — a man of both action and reflection — on the years 2011–2013, which marked a major inflection point in the international context shaping the security and economic development of France and Europe....
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