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Captain (CR), Inspector General (History-Geography), member of the Académie de Marine and associate member of the Inspection générale des Affaires maritimes.
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France and its defense since the end of the Cold War: Reflections on reform as an ongoing process
Outre-Terre, 2012
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
France and the sea. The sea and France: Exchanges, territories, power
Enseigner la mer, Canopé, October 2016
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
The year 1940
“Teaching 1940,” Comme en 40. Catalog of the Musée de l’Armée exhibition, Gallimard, Musée de l’Armée, June 2020.
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
Teaching the history of war, teaching war in history, teaching war in the present
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
The Great War at sea: The French Navy and sailors at war
Revue d’histoire maritime, no. 22/23, June 2017
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
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Rebuilding the French Army (1943–1945): From the Mediterranean to Germany
RDN no. 860 (May 2023)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
Opening fire at sea: Naval artillery, concepts of employment, rules of engagement (1815–1914)
BAECHLER Jean and CHALINE Olivier, La Bataille, Hermann, 2018
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
Two centuries of naval withdrawals from wars (1815 to the present)
RDN no. 855 (December 2022)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
France: Defending national territory from the interwar years to the end of the Cold War
RDN no. 879 (April 2025)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
The year 1940
“Teaching 1940,” Comme en 40. Catalog of the Musée de l’Armée exhibition, Gallimard, Musée de l’Armée, June 2020.
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
France and the sea. The sea and France: Exchanges, territories, power
Enseigner la mer, Canopé, October 2016
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
Ensuring the nation’s security: The organization of national defense
RDN no. 830 (May 2020)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
The United States Navy: Emerging from the war, learning lessons from the conflict, ensuring the triumph of the maritime powers (1918–1922)
Revue d’histoire maritime, no. 28, March 2020
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
The forms and practice of intelligence in France since the 1990s: Structures, players, issues
Annuaire français des relations internationales, July 2016
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
De Gaulle and national defense: A model of government
RDN no. 848 (March 2022)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
The engagements of the French Armed Forces: From overseas operations to the return of war to Europe
RDN no. 865 (December 2023)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
France and its defense since the end of the Cold War: Reflections on reform as an ongoing process
Outre-Terre, 2012
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
National defense from the 1970s to the present day: A reading of the White Papers, from 1972 to the Strategic Review of 2021
RDN no. 845 (December 2021)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
Charles de Gaulle and Charles Ailleret: Character and career, modernization of the armed forces, the politician and the soldier
RDN no. 874 (November 2024)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
The Great War at sea: The French Navy and sailors at war
Revue d’histoire maritime, no. 22/23, June 2017
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
De Gaulle: The power of destiny
Enseigner De Gaulle, Canopé, 2018
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
Teaching the history of war, teaching war in history, teaching war in the present
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
Toulon, November 27, 1942: The scuttling of the fleet
RDN no. 854 (November 2022)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2026/HS19 Special Issue)
Defending France: From the Inter-War Years to the End of the Cold War
In Revue Défense Nationale (2025/4 n° 879)
General de Gaulle and General Ailleret: Characters and Careers, Modernisation of the Forces, Politics and the Soldier
In Revue Défense Nationale (2024/9 No 874)
Commitments of the French Armed Forces. External operations as war returns to Europe
In Revue Défense Nationale (2023/10 No 865)
Military history —Rebuilding French forces (1943-1945): From both sides of the Mediterranean to Germany
In Revue Défense Nationale (2023/5 No 860)
Two centuries of withdrawal from seaborne warfare (from 1815 to date)
In Revue Défense Nationale (2022/10 No 855)
Toulon: 27 November 1942. Scuttling the fleet
In Revue Défense Nationale (2022/9 No 854)
Before and after: the Crimean War and the evolution in fighting fleets
In Revue Défense Nationale (2022/1 No 846)
National defence from the 1970s to date. A look at the Livres Blancs, from 1972 to the 2021 Strategic Review
In Revue Défense Nationale (2021/10 No 845)
The Great War at sea. The blockade, submarine warfare, convoys
In Les Cahiers Sirice (2021/1 No 26)
Ensuring the security of the nation: The organization of national defense
In Revue Défense Nationale (2020/5 No 830)