History of the twentieth century All books

Christian Ingrao

The Black Sun of Paroxysm Nazism, War Violence, and Now

Very accessible and enlightening historiological analyses of the present time (Nazi violence, war suicides, emergencies).

Jean-François Sirinelli

Life and Survival of the Fifth Republic An Essay on Political Physiology

A work of reflection on institutions, their strengths, and their weaknesses, and the reason for their endurance.

Jean-François Muracciole , Lucie Muracciole

The True Novel of the Free French People Another way of reading and understanding history

A gallery of portraits of the men who decided to join the Resistance and follow de Gaulle, who at the time was completely unknown. Fictional history and Great History come together to weave a surprising tale of the Resistance.

Jean-François Sirinelli

France in an Age of Major Upheaval 1962-2017

A look at France’s recent history by an historian attempting to define a consistent theme and perhaps also paint a picture of what the future may have in store.

Pierre Grosser

The History of the World is Made in Asia Another vision of the twentieth century

A "de-westernized" story: many episodes that are often overlooked are described here — the Russian civil war in the Far East, the Anglo-Japanese confrontation in Manchuria, the harshness of the Korean War…

Sophie Delaporte

Saturday 22 August 1914 A Doctor at War

The bloodiest day in France’s history as it was lived by a doctor in the Great War

Jean-Charles Jauffret

The Algerian War French Combatants and Collective Memory, an Enquiry

Who were the French soldiers who fought in the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62)?

Antoine Compagnon

The First World War, 1914-18: New Thinkers and Artists Upheavals in Science and in the Arts and Letters

The Great War: ruptures and reconfigurations in society