A sci-fi novel set sometime during the ‘Dark Era’ over 1e100 years in the future, where the inhabitants of the artificial planet called Jovnia relentlessly fight entropy and prepare for the possible Third and the last Collapse of the Universe, as they themselves are on the brink of absolute technological singularity.

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF).While some Kurdish vehicles were originally from Syrian Army stocks or captured from ISIS, many others were extraordinary homemade AFVs based on truck or digger mechanicals, or duskas, the Kurds' version of the technical. Before US air power was sent to Syria, t...

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF). While some Kurdish vehicles were originally from Syrian Army stocks or captured from ISIS, many others were extraordinary homemade AFVs based on truck or digger mechanicals, or duskas, the Kurds' version of the technical. Before US air power was sent to Syria, these were the Kurds' mos...

By 1960, following Korea, tanks and their crews had proved themselves to be a fundamental part of the Marine Corps' combined arms team. When the Marines were ordered to Vietnam in 1965, they took their tanks with them. This book explores this decision, which created a political storm. The presence of the tanks became a lightning rod for accusations of an 'escalation' of the war. Nevertheless, the tanks not only proved their value in the anti-guerrilla campaigns, but also amid the bitter co...

Comment comprendre le « retour » du religieux ? Religions et modernité ne seraient donc pas incompatibles ? Qu’est-ce qui a changé depuis les temps de la sécularisation et de la laïcité triomphante ? Faut-il chercher la réponse du côté d’une étonnante faculté d’adaptation des religions ou des angoisses sociales et des désarrois individuels ?Cette 2e édition refondue propose des grilles de lecture et d’interprétation aptes à cibler les interactions du social et du religieux. C’est à ...