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Lundis de l'IHEDN | Le général de Monsabert, figure oubliée de la Libération

General de Monsabert, the forgotten figure of the Liberation

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The fifth episode in our "Esprit 44" series, in partnership with the Charles-de-Gaulle Foundation, looks at how the shadow of Leclerc, De Lattre and Juin...
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Athéna's August reading list

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This summer, we're turning our strategic intelligence into reading advice! Pictorial representations of the First World War, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the fascination...
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La déesse Athéna porte la flamme olympique | Lundis de l'IHEDN Les Jeux olympiques, miroir de la géopolitique

The Olympic Games, a mirror of geopolitics

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From their very beginnings, the Olympic Games have reflected the upheavals of their time: invented in ancient times as a truce between warring Greek cities, they are now...
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Lundis de l'IHEDN | Le nerf de la guerre : la France libre à la conférence de Bretton Woods

The sinews of war: Free France at the Bretton Woods Conference

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The fourth episode of our "Esprit 44" series, in partnership with the Charles-de-Gaulle Foundation, looks at how a free France, initially poor, could finance the...
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Le Maréchal Foch | Lundis de l'IHEDN Le maréchal Foch, apôtre de « l’unité de l’effort »

Marshal Foch, apostle of "unity of effort

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After this exceptional parade on 14 July on the Parisian avenue that bears his name, we take a look back at the figure of the Generalissimo of the Great War, who...
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Lundis de l'IHEDN | De Gaulle et les États-Unis : une confiance bâtie dans le rapport de forces

De Gaulle and the United States: trust built on a balance of power

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Third episode in our "Esprit 44" series in partnership with the Charles-de-Gaulle Foundation. Here's how General de Gaulle, initially the subject of the...
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