20th CENTURY

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...
Cognitive Warfare – The Weapon of Knowledge Cognitive Warfare – The Weapon of Knowledge 2
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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...
Songs and Traditions of the Marine Infantry Songs and Traditions of the Marine Infantry 2
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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.
Who Dares Wins – From Gaugamela to Ouadi Doum: When...
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Strike at the head, wrong-foot the enemy, appear from nowhere… These are some of the audacious tactics analysed in Qui ose vaincra. Following the successes of L'Art de conduire une bataille and Les 7 Péchés capitaux du chef militaire, this third volume explores the different forms of boldness in combat, from the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC to the...
Jean-Baptiste Charcot – Polar Explorer
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When Jean-Baptiste Charcot was born in 1867, virtually all the land on the globe had been mapped, with the exception of the poles. It was these polar lands that the explorer — though originally destined to become a doctor — would patiently reveal to the world. He would bring back from his voyages to Antarctica aboard the Français, and then the celebrated...
A UN Blue Helmet Among the Khmer Rouge – Journal of a...
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On his first overseas mission, Captain Guillaume Ancel, aged 27, arrives in Cambodia in May 1992 — a country ravaged by twenty years of war. Alongside the soldiers of the UNTAC peacekeeping mission (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia), the task is to enforce the Paris Agreements, beginning with the disarmament of the factions. Easier said...
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