20th CENTURY

Monsieur Légionnaire Monsieur Légionnaire 2
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Monsieur Légionnaire

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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...
Law and War from Yesterday to Today
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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...
The Modern Fighter's Handbook
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The Modern Combatant's Guide

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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...
Code of Military Disability Pensions and War Victims
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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...
Practical Guide to Military Correspondence
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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.
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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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...
VRBANJA, The Mandate of the Breach (Sarajevo May–September 1995)
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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...
Intelligence and Performance Assessment: The Best of All Possible Outcomes
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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...
History of Radical Islam and Those Who Exploit It
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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...
Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Secret Services Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Secret Services 2
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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.
The Saragossa File - Bormann and Gestapo Müller after 1945…
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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...
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