The ball of illusions. What France believes, what the world sees
This book is the result of a survey on the image of France abroad: by asking people around the world about their vision of France, the authors show the gap between French perceptions and international realities. François D'ALANÇON, Richard WERLY, Paris, Grasset, 2024 More information
Between wars
In this autobiography, General Lecointre, former Army Chief of Staff, recounts his military career, from the battlefields of Rwanda to Sarajevo and Iraq, and gives an account of his intimate experience as a man of war. François LECOINTRE, Paris, Gallimard, 2024 More information
The Indo-Pacific. The new centre of the world
This book shows how the Indo-Pacific is a major geostrategic challenge for the 21st century: an economic engine driven by China's ambitions and the maritimisation of the world, it accounts for 90% of container transport. The authors also look at the competition between powers in this area, in particular the territorial claims of Xi Jinping [...].
A world at war
The various contributions in this volume deal with the war in Ukraine using tools from different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The volume does not confine itself to long-standing debates such as the moral justification of war, but also tackles new questions: is war the object of a [...]
The war on sport
This book takes stock of the political instrumentalisation of sport. The authors look back at key events such as the 2014 Sochi Games, which Russia used to signal its return to the international stage, and the 2022 Winter Games, where Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin declared their "friendship [...].
The battle of Dien Bien Phu
Using 165 images from French army archives, Pierre Journoud tells the story of the battle of Dien Bien Phu. More specifically, he looks back at the origins of the battle and some of the key episodes of the last major confrontation of the Indochina War, such as Operation Castor (the dropping of Lieutenant-Colonel Bigeard's paratroopers into the [...]
When de Gaulle liberated Paris, June-August 1944
In the spirit of a chronicle, this book looks back at General de Gaulle's return journey to France at the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Paris. Jean-François MURACCIOLE, Paris, Odile Jacob, 2024 More information
The siege of Leningrad. September 1941-January 1944
Based on a meticulous historical study of numerous sources, including diaries, Sarah Gruszka analyses the siege of Leningrad. She focuses on the experiences of the besieged, who found themselves confronted not only with Nazi barbarism, with its daily bombardments, but also with the coercive environment of the Stalinist regime. [...]
China/United States, capitalism versus globalisation
The author of this book seeks to elucidate the forces behind the competition between China and the United States and what is at stake. He supports the idea that it is capitalism itself that is undermining globalisation and leading to the current fragmentation. Benjamin BURBAUMER, Paris, La Découverte, 2024 More information
Democracy and deterrence
This collective work examines the problems posed by nuclear deterrence from the point of view of ethics, rationality and legitimacy, and analyses its usefulness and effectiveness as the ultimate defence of democracies. Edited by the former director of strategic analysis at the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA), it [...].
