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News from Sainte-Engrâce? Chronicles of an Ordinary Hero
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News from Sainte-Engrâce? Chronicles of an Ordinary Hero

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Chronicles of an Ordinary Intelligence Services Hero ­ y name is Alex. My father is Jewish and my mother is English. An explosive combination during the Second World War. I was fourteen years old when we escaped the Nazis via the Pyrenees, taking refuge first in Spain, then in Portugal. It was in Sainte-Engrâce, an isolated village in...
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A SPACE OPERATION... - When Space Becomes a Decisive... A SPACE OPERATION... - When Space Becomes a Decisive... 2
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A SPACE OPERATION... - When Space Becomes a Decisive Military Asset

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You will follow the account of a fictional military operation, yet one firmly grounded in reality: every system, every operational concept, every space asset described truly exists. Alongside a special forces commando unit, at the heart of embassies and up to ministerial level, you will discover how space capabilities support the conduct of operations,...
In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... 2
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In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the Interwar Years

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Camille Mathieu entered the army by entering the war. At the age of 20. He had intended to go into teaching, but from the very first engagements of 1914–1918, amid the thunder of shells and bombs, his military vocation imposed itself upon him. He took part in, among other engagements, the Second Battle of Champagne on 25 September 1915. Wounded twice....
De Tribord à Bobard De Tribord à Bobard 2
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De Tribord à Bobard

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Being born in the middle of the century of the two world wars offered the opportunity for exceptional encounters: with the ghosts of the First, with the legends of the Second in the shadow of General de Gaulle. Having become a naval officer without always quite understanding why, flights and voyages at sea followed one another amid minefields and missile...
Decision Mind. A Military Approach to Professional and...
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Decision Mind. A Military Approach to Professional and Specialised Intervention

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Common to both civilian and military worlds, intervention is emerging as an operational domain in its own right, both on home soil and in external operations. Cutting across various geographical and professional environments and subject to different legal frameworks, it paradoxically remains poorly identified and little studied. Defining intervention as a...
A French Resistance – A Bordeaux Chronicle 1940–1945
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A French Resistance – A Bordeaux Chronicle 1940–1945

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In June 1940 in Bordeaux, a young engineer came, through exceptional circumstances, to hold the position of chief engineer of the Rural Engineering Service. The position of this major port made the Rural Engineering Service — which physically administered the region — vital to the occupier. The author's father would be obliged to collaborate officially...
War Surgeon, Seeker of Peace
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War Surgeon, Seeker of Peace

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€27.49
Preface by Jean-Pierre Raffarin Drawing on first-hand experience in theatres of operations where he operated on a thousand war wounded, Jean MAYER then conducts a broad, didactic geopolitical analysis, offering several keys to understanding the War and Peace diptych. As Jean-Pierre Raffarin writes in his preface, "The originality of his work lies in...
In the Secrets of the Sphinx – Behind the Wall of Silence
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In the Secrets of the Sphinx – Behind the Wall of Silence

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Preface by General Patrick Manificat This new book on General Jeannou Lacaze — Legion officer, officer of the 11e Choc at the SDECE, commanding officer of the 2e REP from 1967 to 1970, director of intelligence at the SDECE from 1971 to 1976, commander of the 11th Parachute Division from 1977 to 1978, Chief of the Defence Staff from 1981 to 1985, adviser...
The Captain Made His Escape - account of a sensational...
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The Captain Made His Escape - account of a sensational escape in the Belle Époque

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A member of the French secret services, Captain Charles Lux was arrested on 3 December 1910 in Friedrichshafen, while preparing to infiltrate a zeppelin hangar housing the famous German airships... Tried for espionage before the High Court of Justice in Leipzig, he was convicted — despite the absence of evidence of his intentions — and sentenced to serve...
The French Navy: A World of Contrasts
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The French Navy: A World of Contrasts

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€65.31
In the French Navy, the daily life of crews is shaped by striking contrasts unknown in any other profession: modernity and tradition, obedience and command, storms and flat calms, night and day, communal life and solitary existence, vast expanses of ocean and the confinement of a closed world — all of these run through every mission and every life at sea....
The Military Revolution of Year II, 1794 between Flanders...
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The Military Revolution of Year II, 1794 between Flanders and the Moselle

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The campaign of 1794 is first and foremost that of Year II (21 September 1793 – 20 September 1794). Unprecedented in its scale of men, challenges and materiel, it mobilises the efforts of the young Republic. It is also a period in which grand operational plans mature; the "système général" will be their synthesis and the matrix for the major campaigns to...
RUSSIA-UKRAINE From the Field of Possibilities to the... RUSSIA-UKRAINE From the Field of Possibilities to the... 2
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RUSSIA-UKRAINE From the Field of Possibilities to the Wall of Realities

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Unlikely defeat of Russia - Impossible victory of Ukraine This essay is a condensed work of history, geography and prospective geopolitics. Drawing on the history and geography of Ukraine, Russia, Europe and the Eurasian continent, the author's aim is to think about peace by proposing a new security system in Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals. To...
RWANDA (6 April 1994 – 19 July 1994): The War, the... RWANDA (6 April 1994 – 19 July 1994): The War, the... 2
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RWANDA (6 April 1994 – 19 July 1994): The War, the Genocide and France's Responsibility

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What happened in Rwanda between 6 April and 19 July 1994? What share of responsibility does each of the national and international actors bear for the genocide of the Tutsi? From the very opening of the book, in order to dispel any ambiguity, a table of a scale of crimes on page 21 rules out any reasoning that would equate the genocide of the Tutsi...
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THE CAT ON THE DUNE - Field Journal and Operations of a... THE CAT ON THE DUNE - Field Journal and Operations of a... 2
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THE CAT ON THE DUNE - Field Journal and Operations of a French Officer in the Sahel...

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Preface by Michel GOYA The author donates his royalties to Terre-Fraternité, an association supporting the wounded and bereaved families of the French Army. The fruit of ten years' experience in operations conducted by France in the Sahelo-Saharan strip, this work recounts the experience of a senior officer engaged in operations. Far from being merely a...
EYES ON THE FLIGHT DECK
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EYES ON THE FLIGHT DECK

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€36.02
6 June 1987: a young sailor, freshly qualified as a missile and gunnery specialist, boards the aircraft carrier Clémenceau on a port call at Brest. 10 June 2021: still a sailor at heart, the author finds himself aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle as a photographer and embarks for a few days in the Mediterranean. Tirelessly faithful to his...
2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2
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2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century BC to the Atlantic Wall

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2000 YEARS OF FRENCH FORTIFICATION From the 4th century BC to the Atlantic Wall Oppida, castles, fortified churches, and urban ramparts dot the French landscape, while forts and Maginot works near the borders evoke former barriers. Why this omnipresent fortification? Historians, architects, and urban planners seek, for various reasons, an answer. They...
At the Val-de-Grâce – Three Centuries at the Heart of the Libraries
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At the Val-de-Grâce - Three Centuries at the Heart of the Libraries

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€36.97
At the heart of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, placed at the centre of attention — from the royal Benedictine abbey to the École du Val-de-Grâce — the library and its collections have always been a source of pride for their users. In a setting of stone and greenery, they offer conditions conducive to study, research and reflection. Open to all, they are...
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Callsign Clochette — Medical Officer of the BEP and REP — 70 Years in Service of the Legionnaires Callsign Clochette — Medical Officer of the BEP and REP — 70 Years in Service of the Legionnaires 2
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Callsign Clochette - Medical Officer of the BEP and REP - 70 Years in the Service of...

L20220175
€36.02
No one leaves the REP without having left a part of themselves behind. For 70 years, having served in one of the Foreign Parachutist Battalions and Regiments has remained a unique human and professional experience for all the officers, non-commissioned officers, and legionnaires who one day stepped through the door of an aircraft alongside the men of the...
The Military School of Saint-Cyr l'École - 50 Years
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The Military Academy of Saint-Cyr l'Ecole - 50 Years

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€36.02
At Saint-Cyr l'Ecole, after two and a half centuries of history — from Louis XIV to the Second World War — nothing remained of the École de Saint-Cyr. Two and a half centuries of teaching, instruction and human development. This institution, whose founder hoped would endure as long as France, and France as long as the world, was razed by Allied bombing in...
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100 Portraits for a Centenary - RICM
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100 Portraits for a Centenary - RICM

L20220173
€32.23
The Regiment of Marine Tank Infantry is one hundred years old. Since its creation, it has been present on every operational theatre where France has been engaged. If it is today a unit of great prestige by virtue of its history, it owes that above all to its marsouins. They came from near and far and gave their blood to defend their country. This book...
HISTORY OF THE ENGINEERS
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THE ENGINEERS - Fight, Build, Rescue

L20220171
€43.60
The Engineers can lay claim to an existence of more than three centuries; the high level of technical, even scientific, knowledge that their action demands has always set them apart. This album traces the entire history of this arm up to the present day.
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1st Parachute Transport Regiment
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1st Parachute Transport Regiment

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€39.81
The youngest of the airborne formations, the 1st Parachute Train Regiment was created from the merger of the Air Delivery Regiment of Metz and the Airborne Mobile Operational Base of Toulouse. In this new configuration, it upholds the traditions of air delivery, those of the air supply companies and the airborne bases of Indochina, which bore the heavy...
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21st RIMa – Croche et Tient
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21st RIMa - Grips and Holds

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€39.81
Born of the 1900 law on the reorganisation of the Colonial Troops, the 21st RIMa is today a sprightly centenarian based in Fréjus on the shores of the Mediterranean. Its rich and long history makes it one of the most prestigious regiments of the arm. Carrying on the traditions of the 2nd Colonial Infantry Regiment of the garrison, the 21st RIC was created...
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152nd Infantry Regiment — Les Diables Rouges
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152nd Infantry Regiment - Les Diables Rouges

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It was born on the banks of the Rhine. That metaphor alone perfectly encapsulates the deep vocation of the 152nd Infantry Regiment, the "Diables rouges" of the Régiment d'Alsace. Its history, punctuated by great feats of arms and periods of dormancy, reaches its peak at the Hartmannswillerkopf and during the Great War.The regiment appears in the order of...
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16th Chasseur Battalion – Steel Battalion
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16th Battalion of Chasseurs - Steel Battalion

L20220164
€49.29
16th Battalion of Chasseurs, Steel Battalion. Today the sole heir of the mechanised chasseurs, the 16th Battalion tells its history from 1854 to the present day.
The Armored Cavalry in Algeria 1954–1962 The Armored Cavalry in Algeria 1954–1962 2
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The Armoured Cavalry in Algeria 1954-1962

L20220162
€44.55
The Armoured Cavalry in Algeria 1954–1962, lessons learned. This work retraces, with often previously unpublished documents, the history of this arm throughout the Algerian conflict.
The Schools of the Legion of Honour
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The Légion d'honneur Schools

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€39.81
The Légion d'honneur Schools, an abundantly documented and richly illustrated work, presents all insignia, medals, prizes and documents.
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The 1st Combat Helicopter Regiment
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The 1st Combat Helicopter Regiment

L20220160
€39.81
The thirty-year history of the 1er RHC encapsulates in itself the entire history of the ALAT de Combat, which day after day, under all the world's skies, takes pride in placing its men and helicopters at the service of the French Army as a whole.
Marine Infantry Tank Regiment – RICM
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Regiment of Marine Tank Infantry - RICM

L20220159
€39.81
Richly illustrated album tracing the entire prestigious history of the "1st Regiment of France". Today based in Poitiers, it stands at the forefront of intervention forces.
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From Colonial Troops to Marine Troops: A Dream of Adventure, 1900–2000
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From Colonial Troops to Marine Troops: A Dream of Adventure 1900–2000

L20220154
€36.97
The Marine Troops are fully integrated within the French Army. They form one of its principal operational components. An illustrated album of personal, previously unpublished documents evoking the history and combat record of the Colonial and Marine Troops.
Monsieur Légionnaire Monsieur Légionnaire 2
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Monsieur Légionnaire

L20220152
€53.08
Much has been written about the Legion. Rarely about the legionnaire himself — that anonymous foreigner who made its greatness and its glory. By seeking out who he once was and who he is today. By following him, sometimes through his own accounts, in the bordjs, the bivouacs and the outposts where he lived, from Formosa to Morocco and from the snows of...
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National Order of Merit
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Ordre National du Mérite

L20220151
€78.67
New 2015 edition, completely revised, history of the Ordre National du Mérite, richly illustrated.
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Practical Guide to Current French Decorations – 2015 Edition
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Practical Guide to Current French Decorations - 2015 Edition

L20220147
€36.02
Guide to Current French Decorations, 5th Edition Since 1988, the authors have been cataloguing French decorations. Their attribution, which varies over time across successive editions, reflects the evolution of society. This fifth edition provides precise and fully up-to-date information intended for everyone, whether in military or civilian service. The...
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Citizen Soldiers in the 21st Century – An Operational Reserve for a Professional Army
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Citizen Soldiers in the 21st Century - An Operational Reserve for a Professional Army

L20220146
€18.86
Since the 1990s, the armed forces have undergone profound transformation. The evolution of the global strategic context has necessitated a revision of force employment doctrines and a restructuring of their size. The mass army of a people in arms has given way to a professionalised army of reduced format, dependent on an ever more constrained budgetary...
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Law and War from Yesterday to Today
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Law and War From Yesterday to Today

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€22.75
Starting from the premise that war does not permit all forms of violence, the law of armed conflict seeks to mitigate its harshness. This body of law is accordingly based on a complex balance between military necessity and humanitarian imperatives.Upholding this balance is the dilemma with which the combatant, and above all the military commander, will be...
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The Modern Fighter's Handbook
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The Modern Combatant's Guide

L20220143
€18.96
In the wake of recent painful events, the French people seem to be discovering that their soldiers fight wars.Yet since the end of the Algerian War (1964), France has been present on numerous external theatres of operations (Chad, Mauritania, Lebanon, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman… Côte d'Ivoire and Afghanistan). This guide is therefore addressed...
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Code of Military Disability Pensions and War Victims
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Code of Military Disability Pensions and War Victims

L20220142
€37.73
Our society is evolving rapidly, shaped by new technologies and new socio-economic realities; war and terrorism are changing in nature, yet the area of law dealing with their consequences is lagging behind, making the application of these texts increasingly difficult.This annotated edition of the code of military disability pensions has been designed to...
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Practical Guide to Military Correspondence
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Practical Guide to Military Correspondence

L20220141
€36.97
Practical guide to military correspondence, communication and public relations. A guide designed for everyday use covering military and private correspondence, protocol, etiquette and the duty of remembrance.
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Recruitment Posters of the Colonial Troops, 1900–1961
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Recruitment Posters of the Colonial Troops, 1900–1961

L20220140
€23.70
This work refers in a very factual manner to a now-controversial period in recent French history, namely that of colonisation. A catalogue of recruitment posters published elsewhere on many occasions and brought together here, it aims above all to serve as a witness to an era when the poster was one of the few mass communication tools capable of arousing,...
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Jeannou Lacaze and the 2nd REP – 1955–1970 – Calvi mon ami Jeannou Lacaze and the 2nd REP – 1955–1970 – Calvi mon ami 2
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Jeannou Lacaze and the 2e REP - 1955-1970 - Calvi mon ami

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€26.54
Against the backdrop of Algeria, Calvi and Chad, this book tells the story of an officer and the regiment he commanded from July 1967 to July 1970. That officer, General Jeannou Lacaze, and that regiment, the 2e REP, left a lasting mark on the history of the French Army in the second half of the 20th century. It is also the history of armed conflicts and...
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History of Military Logistics – Heritage and Operational Perspectives History of Military Logistics – Heritage and Operational Perspectives 2
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History of Military Logistics - Legacies and Operational Perspectives

L20220138
€21.80
Logistics is an indispensable part of military operations. Many commanders have underscored its vital character, without which no armed action is possible. "Nothing compensates for deficiency in supply," declared General Rommel. "If logistics says no, then logistics is right — the operational plan must be changed, it is a bad one," retorted General...
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Saint-Cyr graduates killed in the field of honor during the Imperial War of 1870 Saint-Cyr graduates killed in the field of honor during the Imperial War of 1870 2
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Saint-Cyrians killed in the field of honour during the Imperial War of 1870

L20220137
€18.96
On 19 July 1870, Napoleon III took the gravest decision of his reign by declaring war on Prussia. From a mere controversy over the succession to the Spanish throne arose a spiral as unexpected as it was catastrophic. In early August, the first French soldiers and officers died on the battlefield. The fortunes of war turned against them immediately, and...
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VRBANJA, The Mandate of the Breach (Sarajevo May–September 1995)
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VRBANJA, The Mandate of the Turning Point (Sarajevo May–September 1995)

L20220136
€24.17
This book describes the conditions under which Infantry Battalion No. 4 (BATINF 4) of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the former Yugoslavia, deployed at the heart of the besieged city of Sarajevo from May to September 1995, fulfilled a mission described by some as impossible. Written by the man who commanded them, this account pays...
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General Jeannou Lacaze 1924–2005, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces 1981–1985 General Jeannou Lacaze 1924–2005, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces 1981–1985 2
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General Jeannou Lacaze 1924–2005, Chief of the Defence Staff 1981–1985

L20220131
€26.54
General Jeannou Lacaze traversed the twentieth century with a serenity that even the most dramatic events seemed unable to disturb. He belonged to those rare men who are not moved at the slightest occasion, whose sensitivity does not awaken quickly but gradually, and whose feelings then become powerful and far more lasting. These are the men of strong,...
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1939–1945 Small and Grand History 1939–1945 Small and Grand History 2
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1939–1945: Small and Grand History

L20220130
€23.70
The Second World War occupies, regrettably, the summit of the table of horrors of all the wars that Humanity has known and that the planet has endured since time immemorial. This book set out to recall, in a factual manner, with independence and realism, the main phases of this exceptional conflict, the major military confrontations between the...
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The Blue Squadron – Lebanon–Chad 1977–1979 The Blue Squadron – Lebanon–Chad 1977–1979 2
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The Blue Squadron – Lebanon–Chad 1977–1979

L20220129
€17.06
The author speaks of training, command and combat, but this account is above all a story of men — and more besides.Dominique Delort notably commanded a Battalion at the ESM de Saint-Cyr, the 5th RIAOM in Djibouti, Operation Noroit in Rwanda, the Joint Operational Centre (COIA) in Paris, the French Forces in the Antilles, then the North-West Land Region....
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Intelligence and Performance Assessment: The Best of All Possible Outcomes
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Intelligence and Performance Evaluation: The Best of All Possible Worlds

L20220128
€23.70
As a consequence of the disarray provoked by the terrorist attacks that have bloodied the Western world, the effectiveness of intelligence services is regularly called into question. Is it really that straightforward, and first of all, how should their performance be assessed — according to what procedures, on what criteria, for what results — bearing in...
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The Armenian Genocide
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The Armenian Genocide

L20220126
€14.22
The extermination of the Armenians constitutes the first genocide of the twentieth century. While in the last third of the nineteenth century the massacres targeting Armenian populations were numerous and terrible within the Ottoman State, in 1915 it was a matter of the eradication of a millennial human community from the Anatolian plateau by a state...
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Between My Men and My Commanders: Diary of a Lieutenant in Mali
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Between My Men and My Commanders: A Lieutenant's Journal in Mali

L20220125
€19.91
Deployed in Mali from May to September 2014 with his platoon, his men, within his squadron. He shares with us, day by day, his impressions of this demanding theatre of operations, his reflections on his men, his unit, the military institution and his country, France — seen through the eyes of a young lieutenant freshly graduated from officer training...
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History of Radical Islam and Those Who Exploit It
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A History of Radical Islam and Those Who Exploit It

L20220124
€23.22
This work aims to offer a history of radical Islam, unsparing towards those who have used it to achieve their strategic objectives or who were unable to properly assess the threat it posed to the security of French citizens. This synthesis covers a period of nearly three centuries. It is based on a very extensive French and foreign bibliography. But it is...
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The Order for Freedom – New Edition
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The Order for Freedom – New Edition

L20220123
€21.80
New edition January 2020, including texts on the Yellow Vests crisis.Public order is a core sovereign function, the exercise of which has always guaranteed the stability of states and the cohesion of nations. Once entrusted to praetorian troops, public order maintenance — whose importance had gradually been lost sight of — was progressively delegated to...
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Doctor in Afghanistan – Field Journal of an Ordinary Military Physician on External Operations
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Doctor in Afghanistan – Field Journal of an Ordinary Military Physician on Overseas...

L20220121
€24.64
A human adventure of a family man, a physician in uniform.Graveyard of empires, Afghanistan was for more than a decade a difficult and singular theatre of operations where French military personnel admirably carried out their duty far from home. This conflict has given rise to numerous works, and for the first time a French military physician shares his...
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Terrorism and Security – They Take Us for Fools….
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Terrorism and Security – They Think We're Fools….

L20220120
€23.03
Between fantasies, disinformation and political exploitation, security never stops feeding the media and judicial headlines, regardless of which governments are in power and across all latitudes.Terrorism, drugs, financial crime, social violence — never has the crime industry prospered as much as during these past decades.In France, the State has the easy...
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Philippe DUPONT, Memoir to Serve the History of the Life and Actions of Jean III Sobieski Philippe DUPONT, Memoir to Serve the History of the Life and Actions of Jean III Sobieski 2
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Philippe DUPONT, Memoir to Serve the History of the Life and Actions of John III Sobieski

L20220119
€34.12
Philippe DUPONT, Memoir to Serve the History of the Life and Actions of John III Sobieski. Text presented and annotated by Philippe ROY and Daniel TOLLET Philippe Le Masson Dupont was born at least a few years before 1650. He arrived in Poland in 1671, where he served in the army under the command of John Sobieski during the campaigns of 1673–1676....
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The Battle of Stonne: A Head-on Clash during the Battle of France
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The Battle of Stonne: A Head-On Clash During the Battle of France

L20220118
€32.99
The Battle of Stonne recounts the story of the French soldiers who halted a German offensive advance in the pre-Ardennes zone south of Sedan, from 14 May 1940 onwards.This work seeks to fill a serious gap by shedding light on an episode of the Battle of France completely ignored by the French of today. It thus runs counter to received ideas and proves...
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...

L20220117
€26.82
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

L20220116
€16.11
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

L20220114
€21.14
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

L20220112
€18.77
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

L20220111
€21.61
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

L20220110
€15.92
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

L20220109
€17.82
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

L20220107
€22.75
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

L20220106
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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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The End of the Gleiniger Mystery – August 1944: the Liberation of Limoges
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The End of the Gleiniger Mystery — August 1944, the Liberation of Limoges

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On 21 August 1944, the German authorities occupying the Limousin region had a meeting at 8 p.m. with representatives of the Resistance to sign the act of surrender of the city of Limoges, thus allowing the Maquisards of Georges Guingouin, who surrounded the city, to enter without bloodshed. But there was only one German captain to receive them at the...
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The Global Oceanic Shift
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The Global Oceanic Shift

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Over the course of just a few years, and in the greatest discretion, a genuine oceanic shift has taken place around the Iranian pivot. Even as the seas represent the space par excellence in which demographically small but technologically advanced civilisations can assert themselves, Europe, the United States and Japan have allowed their influence over the...
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From Anti-Aircraft Defence to Surface-to-Air Defence
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From Anti-Aircraft Defence to Ground-to-Air Defence

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The Musée de l'Artillerie traces through its collections the history of artillery from its beginnings to the present day, with particular emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The museum is a place for the conservation, restoration, and showcasing of French military heritage. It is also a centre of study. On 28 May 2010, around ten military...
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Guide to National and Ministerial Orders
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Guide to National and Ministerial Orders

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This guide is intended as the indispensable working document for all those within our central and decentralised administrations who are responsible for drawing up nomination files for our honorary distinctions on behalf of French or foreign citizens put forward for possible appointment to one of our French national or ministerial orders. The document...
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Elevated to DIGNITY — Memoirs 1923–1954
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ELEVATED TO DIGNITY - Memoirs 1923–1954

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"Elevated to Dignity…" is the story of a young man who comes of age in the mid-1940s.His path is far from ordinary. Of very modest origins, Lucien Le Boudec had considered becoming a priest, a schoolteacher, a meteorologist, or even a civil engineer… The war decided otherwise.To escape the STO, he joins the FFI and finds himself launched into a military...
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The Second World War: The Tragedy of a Century
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World War II, the Tragedy of a Century

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The Second World War was the most gigantic military conflict of all time, both in terms of the harshness of the fighting endured by the soldiers involved, and the malicious consequences for civilian populations and the devastating effects on homes and the organisation of territories. It shook states to their foundations and shaped the world as we know it...
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DE LATTRE – The German Campaign 1945
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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...
Cannons and Men, History of Artillery Cannons and Men, History of Artillery 2
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Cannons and Men: A History of Artillery

L20220088
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Since the fourteenth century, artillery has been at the heart of every battle that has shaped the history of France. To write an exhaustive history of it is a daunting challenge to which several volumes would barely do justice. Such a work would need to address, in detail, the evolution of equipment and weapons systems, of organisations, of employment —...
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Journey to the Land of Human Networks
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Journey into the World 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...
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Facing Darfur
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Facing Darfur

L20220083
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This book is neither a military report nor a political treatise. It brings to life the men who, on the ground, in the bush, face complex and often dangerous situations.
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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.
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Taking Responsibility at 20! Bearing Witness Today…
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Bearing 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...
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The Gendarmerie in the Algerian War
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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...
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JIHAD: The Asymmetry Between Fanaticism and Incomprehension
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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...
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Globalisation and Defence
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Globalization and Defence

L20220071
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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...
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Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Organized Violence Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Organized Violence 2
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Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Organized Violence

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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...
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Surface-to-Air Missile – History of the HAWK, medium-range missile in the French Army
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Surface-to-Air Missile – History of the HAWK, Medium-Range Missile in the French Army

L20220069
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Surface-to-air missile "History of the HAWK, medium-range missile in the French Army" Adopted by France in 1958, the HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer) medium-range anti-aircraft missile system was designed and developed by the Americans in the years 1953–1955. Built under licence in Europe, and at the cutting edge of technology at the time, it equipped...
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BLACK FORCES of the European Colonial Powers BLACK FORCES of the European Colonial Powers 2
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BLACK FORCES OF THE EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWERS

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.The year 2007 marked the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the creation at Plombières, on 21 July 1857, by Napoleon III and General Faidherbe of the first French unit of Senegalese tirailleurs. On this occasion, the organizers of this international history symposium sought to give it a European dimension by inviting researchers from countries that...
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Drones, Mysterious Flying Robots: The Eyes and Fire of the 21st Century Drones, Mysterious Flying Robots: The Eyes and Fire of the 21st Century 2
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Drones, Mysterious Flying Robots: The Eyes and the Fire of the 21st Century

L20220066
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One hundred years after the beginnings of piloted aviation, aerial drones, at the centre of numerous technological innovations, are coming of age. Born of a need to know everything about the enemy, they are the unmanned aerial vehicles of the modern era. For some twenty years they have been appearing in specialist media. Due to the limited knowledge of...
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Hostage of Amirouche, Bearing Witness for the Memory Hostage of Amirouche, Bearing Witness for the Memory 2
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Hostage of Amirouche, Bearing Witness for Remembrance – 114 Days in the Kabyle Maquis,...

L20220065
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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...
The Jaguar in Its Electronic Warfare Missions
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The Jaguar in Its Electronic Warfare Missions

L20220062
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The Jaguar in Its Electronic Warfare Missions. The means, the stakes and the missions as recounted by those involved.The Historical Committee of the Guerrelc association traces here the history of the Jaguar in its Electronic Warfare missions.
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Artillerymen in Algeria 1954–1962 – A Challenge Met
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Artillerymen in Algeria 1954 - 1962 - A Challenge Met

L20220059
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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.
Saint-Gotthard 1664: A European Battle
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Saint-Gotthard 1664, a European Battle

L20220056
€22.75
Saint-Gotthard 1664, a European Battle. The captivating story of an unjustly forgotten battle from the age of Louis XIV — the first victory over the Turks in Hungary and a remarkable example of cooperation among European armies against an aggressor.
The Provence Landings
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The Provence Landings

L20220052
€30.33
Proceedings of the international symposium organized in Fréjus at the Centre d'histoire et d'études des troupes d'outre-mer.Edited by Antoine Champeaux and Paul Gaujac.
Women in the War 1939–1945
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Women in the War 1939 - 1945

L20220048
€26.54
The testimonies, which form the living substance of this book, were set down in writing after being recorded on camera. They constitute the audiovisual material of a documentary series in five one-hour episodes, broadcast on France 3 and Arte. « Women in the War » was released as a DVD box set distributed by Janus-diffusion in Fnac stores and video...
Artillery and Fortifications
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Artillery and Fortifications

L20220045
€25.59
Proceedings of the study day of 9 April 2005 at the Artillery Museum of Draguignan. Written by some of the finest specialists in this field, Artillery and Fortifications sheds often fresh light on little-known questions.
When Hitler's Filmmaker Fascinated France: Leni Riefenstahl
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When Hitler's Filmmaker Captivated France, Leni Riefenstahl

L20220041
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When Hitler's Filmmaker Captivated France — LENI RIEFENSTAHL. Why was Popular Front France able to hold up Nazi propaganda films such as Triumph of the Will or Olympia as models of thought or conduct? This book is not a biography of Leni Riefenstahl but a study of the reception of her films in France and of their possible influences on French society in...
The Spy of the Siegfried Line: Armand Chouffet, Aerial Photographer
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The Spy of the Siegfried Line, Armand Chouffet, Aerial Photographer

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.On 20 June 1940, the day Panzergruppe Guderian arrived in Franche-Comté, three Abwehr officers — German military intelligence — went to Montéchéroux, a small village in the Doubs. Their mission: to arrest Armand Chouffet, one of the French pioneers of aerial espionage. An agent of the French intelligence service from 1935 to 1940, the aviator had taken...
Marine Troops and the Colonies under the First Empire
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Naval Troops and the Colonies under the First Empire

L20220034
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Naval Troops and the Colonies under the First Empire. This symposium addressed the question of the situation of the colonies under the First Empire and the organisation of their defence.
Operations in Europe – 6 June 1944 – 8 May 1945
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Operations in Europe - 6 June 1944 - 8 May 1945

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On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of Europe, it seemed essential to present to the public a major work for a better understanding of this tragic and heroic chapter of our history.General Eisenhower was the orchestrator of the most significant military operation in History. We are reissuing the mission report he submitted to his...
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A Volunteer of the Night in the Hell of the Nazi Camps
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A Night Volunteer in the Hell of the Nazi Camps

L20220030
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A Night Volunteer in the Hell of the Nazi Camps, Pierre de Froment. The text presented here is the sober and moving account, written in 1946, of the concentration camp horror he had just endured.
Saint-Cyrians in the Resistance
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Saint-Cyriens in the Resistance

L20220029
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This work compiles the proceedings of the day of historical studies held at the Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence.
Memory of the Paratroopers at Dien Bien Phu Memory of the Paratroopers at Dien Bien Phu 2
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Memory of the Paratroopers at Dien Bien Phu — 13 March – 7 May 1954

L20220028
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They were paratroopers, serving with the 8e BPC, the 2/1er RCP or the 5e BPVN, and fate brought them together at Diên Biên Phu. Fifty years after the events, they agreed to revisit their past and recount their experiences during that battle.
Lyautey – The Social Role of the Officer
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Lyautey — The Social Role of the Officer

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Reprint of the complete text supplemented by a 55-page accompanying dossier, presented by Colonel P. Geoffroy, Association Nationale Maréchal Lyautey. This work is prefaced by General of the Army Henri Bentegeat, Chief of the Defence Staff.
Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Secret Services Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Secret Services 2
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Encyclopaedia of Intelligence and Secret Services

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A comprehensive presentation of the new global intelligence community in the post-Cold War era. Numerous organisational charts, diagrams and sketches, extensive bibliography, and internet site addresses.
Run for It, Roger
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Run for Your Life, Roger

L20220019
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A true book, featuring illustrations and texts, about the tragedy of Oradour-sur-Glane. The story of a child who survived this atrocity. With the participation of the Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour.
The Saragossa File - Bormann and Gestapo Müller after 1945…
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The Saragossa File - Bormann and Gestapo Müller after 1945…

L20220013
€25.59
Who protected Gestapo-Müller, the head of the Nazi secret police from 1933 to 1945, when he appeared at the top of the war criminals list at Nuremberg? For he did not die in the ruins of Berlin during the fall of the Greater Reich… Did you know that a general of the NKVD, who served as Minister of Security of the USSR under Stalin, was "handling" the...
2 September 1940 – Tahiti – Free France
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2 September 1940 - Tahiti - Free France

L20220012
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2 September 1940 The rallying of the French Establishments of Oceania to General de Gaulle. While the New Hebrides were the first, on 18 July 1940, to join Free France, Tahiti did so on 2 September. The time of ruptures was beginning. Little by little, parcel by parcel, the colonial Empire was making its choices. This rallying of the French...
Cognitive Warfare – The Weapon of Knowledge Cognitive Warfare – The Weapon of Knowledge 2
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Cognitive Warfare - The Weapon of Knowledge

L20220011
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The September 11 attacks legitimised the United States' security responsibility over the world. From that point on, conflicts of all kinds would be regulated by American politico-military power — or so President Bush asserted with vigour. Does this locking-down of the international balance of power concern France and Europe? Do we still have room for...
Military Cryptography before the War of 1914 Military Cryptography before the War of 1914 2
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Military Cryptography before the War of 1914

L20220010
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Like all other armies in the world, the French army has obviously made use of cryptography, but its history remains largely unknown.
Crabs and Alligators in the Rice Paddies
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Crabs and Alligators in the Rice Paddies

L20220009
€21.80
Through 100 letters, Jacques Jauffret, a young officer with the 1er REC (1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment), takes us through two years of his posting in Indochina. Given the nature of the terrain, the 1er REC was equipped with American-made amphibious vehicles. Beyond this first-hand account from the level of the rice paddies and rivers, what makes these...
Chronicles of Cochinchina
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Chronicles of Cochinchina

L20220007
€23.70
Speaking 2 languages of Indochina, Lieutenant SIMON built outposts, opened roads, established villages, and pursued rebels through the virgin forest. He gathered fascinating confidences at the armistice commission.
Songs and Traditions of the Marine Infantry Songs and Traditions of the Marine Infantry 2
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Songs and Traditions of the Marine Infantry

L20160127
€10.43
A superb volume gathering the Traditions of the Marine Infantry and all its songs: patriotic, traditional, regimental, marching, bivouac, mess and humour. In a very practical format with clear layout, pleasantly illustrated.
Italian Campaign 1943–1944 – Cassino–Rome–Siena, the... Italian Campaign 1943–1944 – Cassino–Rome–Siena, the... 2
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Italian Campaign 1943–1944 – Cassino–Rome–Siena, the clash of five armies

L20160058
€28.25
The armies of five nations were present in Italy in 1943 — American, British, French, Polish and German — and their confrontation was one of the most brutal of the Second World War, both for the combatants and for the civilian population, who are never spoken of. Faced with the all-out resistance of the German forces on the Gustav Line south of Rome, the...
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Lavauzelle Graphic is a former French printing, publishing and stationery company founded in 1835 in Panazol (in the greater Limoges area, Haute-Vienne), originally specialised in military-themed books and army supplies. In 1879, Henri Charles-Lavauzelle (1853–1926) took over the management, as a bookseller-publisher and printer, of the printing and stationery business established in 1835, which then took the name Imprimerie Charles-Lavauzelle. It rapidly became one of the leading suppliers to the French Army, which was seeking to modernise following the defeat of 1870, in its fields of expertise. It became the publisher of the Bulletin de la guerre, written by the Ministry, and subsequently of La France Militaire.

Since October 2018, a new company, Lavauzelle, has been established, taking over the publishing activities of Lavauzelle Graphic, which was wound up at that time. Its registered office is in Bordeaux and its commercial agency in Limoges. (Source: Wikipedia)

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