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THE MERCENARIES' REVOLT. CONGO 1965-1968 THE MERCENARIES' REVOLT. CONGO 1965-1968 2
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THE MERCENARIES' REVOLT. CONGO 1965-1968

L20210070
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More than fifty years after Joseph-Désiré Mobutu's rise to power in the Congo, it is time to take a clear-eyed look at that era and to try to understand the role of each party — and especially of the mercenaries — in this page of history of which only the scattered ashes of memory will remain. Drawing on their lived experiences and official documents, the...
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Grand Illustrated Book of the Gardien de la Paix Uniform... Grand Illustrated Book of the Gardien de la Paix Uniform... 2
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Grand Illustrated Book of the Gardien de la Paix Uniform and Its History

L20210069
€37.87
Rediscover the great chapters of French history through the evolution of the gardien de la paix and his uniforms, from 1829 — the year the world's first uniformed police force was created — to the present day. By the very nature of their profession, the gardiens de la paix found themselves at the heart of our history; they took part in it, often out of...
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Torpedoes
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Torpedoes

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€18.01
In this work, Eugène Hennebert, a retired lieutenant-colonel of the Engineers, traces the history of torpedoes from antiquity — including certain forms of Greek fire — through to his own era, with the first torpedo boats and submarines. With the aid of numerous illustrations, he describes the various models invented, the means of deploying them and the...
BMW Flat-Twin Pressed-Steel R11 R12 and R16 R17 — The...
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BMW Flat-Twin Pressed-Steel R11 R12 and R16 R17 — The "Pressed-Steel Frame" Generation,...

L20210050
€56.87
Presented at the Olympia Show in London from 5 to 10 November 1928, the first BMW 750s — types R11/R16 — with their new pressed-steel frame caused a sensation. The proven powertrain, treated as a combined engine-gearbox unit, was derived from the preceding models, types R62 (side-valve) and R63 (overhead-valve) with tubular frames.
INTELLIGENCE AND ACTION — From the "Phoney War" to...
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INTELLIGENCE AND ACTION — From the "Phoney War" to Special Operations: 80 Years of...

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€18.96
This work is a plea for intelligence and a tribute to those who practise it. The analysis of the past, from the "drôle de guerre" of 1940 onwards, allows us to trace the evolution of this discipline leading to the current Direction du renseignement militaire — through multiple experiences on various theatres: the Gulf, Chad, the Balkans, Cambodia and...
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TANK AMX 30, AMX 30B, AMX 30B2 AND VARIANTS
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TANK AMX 30, AMX 30B, AMX 30B2 AND VARIANTS

L20210046
€41.71
From the DEFA (Direction des études et fabrication d'armements, the state body responsible for the arsenals) project was born the AMX 30, a highly mobile tank capable of operating in an NBC environment and equipped with an excellent 105 mm gun of national design. The first AMX 30Bs entered service in 1967. Their chassis gave rise to a complete family of...
Recruitment in the French Foreign Legion - History and... Recruitment in the French Foreign Legion - History and... 2
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Recruitment in the French Foreign Legion - History and Evolution, 1831–2019

L20210039
€36.02
The recruitment of the Légion étrangère, over its 189 years of existence, has never ceased to evolve in response to numerous parameters that fiction does not glimpse or cannot reveal. The image of a charming and crafty adventurer, seeking redemption, wandering through sands and jungles at the whim of wars, is too fine a picture to withstand the filter of...
STALIN'S MARSHALS
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STALIN'S MARSHALS

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€23.70
The French know the twenty-six marshals of Napoleon. But what do they know of the seventeen elevated by Stalin? Yet it is to them that we owe the creation of the Red Army and its formidable victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Some rank among the greatest commanders of the last century: Tukhachevsky, Shaposhnikov, Zhukov, Vasilevsky, Konev,...
"Magister dixit". The History of the Fouga and its...
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"Magister dixit". The History of the Fouga and its Derivatives.

L20210030
€61.61
If you ask the question: name an aircraft of the Patrouille de France, the answer will be... the Fouga! Built in over 900 examples (plus around thirty for its cousin the Zéphyr), this iconic aircraft trained thousands of military pilots around the world and across several generations. It also saw action in various local conflicts on almost every...
All French Aircraft Carriers from 1912 to the Present Day. All French Aircraft Carriers from 1912 to the Present Day. 2
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All French Aircraft Carriers from 1912 to the Present Day.

L20210029
€55.92
Since 1912, aircraft carriers have been in service with the French Navy. The seaplane tenders of the First World War were followed in 1928 by the first aircraft carrier, le Béarn. Obsolete, she was not committed to combat during the Second World War, but the personnel she had trained enabled the reconstitution in 1945 of an embarked aviation arm that...
An Untold History of France in 100 Maps An Untold History of France in 100 Maps 2
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An Untold History of France in 100 Maps

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€25.59
The history of France mapped, from prehistory to the present day, and narrated by Jean Sévillia. In 5 parts — " Origins ", " The Kingdom of France ", " The French Nation ", " Facing the Trials of the 20th Century " and " Towards the France of Tomorrow " — and in 100 previously unpublished and richly detailed maps, from the principal prehistoric sites to...
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Targeted Killings - A Critique of Armed Liberalism
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Targeted Killings - A Critique of Armed Liberalism

L20210006
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How is war waged in the 21st century? Primarily by drones, by eliminating the enemy before he can cause harm. In Yemen, Afghanistan, Palestine or Pakistan, these operations known as "targeted killings " take place out of sight. Initially widely condemned in Europe and across the Atlantic, these practices became normalised from the 2000s onwards in the...
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