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Peter C. SMITH, Massacre at Tobruk. The British Assault on Rommel, 1942, Stackpole, 2008, 235 p. Bernard

This book is prefaced by Lieutenant Colonel Unwin, a veteran of Operation Agreement, described here. Captured in the sinking of the destroyer Sikh , he remained a prisoner of the Germans. The operation Agreement is an attack both land and amphibious mounted by the British in September 1942 against the port of Tobruk, occupied by the Germans and Italians Rommel, who then plays a key role in fueling the Afrikakorps .

The operation is very complex because other diversionary raids are conducted on land cons Benghazi, oasis Jalo and Barce : it involves specialized units such as the Special Air Service (SAS) the LRDG (LRDG), and perhaps the most misunderstood of all the Special Interrogation Group (SIG) , A group of anti-Nazi Germans or Jews recruited primarily by the British in Palestine, and a mission undercover posing as German soldiers. Of course, the Royal Navy and its airborne component, the Royal Marines, will be stakeholders in the operation. The purpose of the attack was to destroy airfields, port facilities, fuel tanks and even ships Tobruk and on other targets.

If the attack on Barce by the LRDG was a success, with the LRDG SAS conveyed on Benghazi were discovered too soon and had to abandon the planned assault. The attack against Tobruk was a total failure: warned of an impending attack by sea, for lack of sufficiently well-kept secret, the Germans had reinforced the garrison. Moreover, the landing of British commandos burst in the worst conditions, in the wrong places on the coast and under enemy fire. The Royal Navy lost a cruiser, two destroyers and several torpedo boats fast under the blows of the Coast Artillery or Luftwaffe ; more than 750 men are knocked out, many of whom are trapped. This process has inspired a disastrous epic in 1967 Tobruk Commando Hell , including and Rock Hudson George Peppard . French film A Taxi for Tobruk (1961) fits him so soon after these events.

The book by Peter C. Smith is fairly comprehensive and includes many photos incorporated in the narrative, which is a good initiative, however badly the legends differ from the text. It lacks cons of cards in sufficient numbers and text in parallel, to monitor the progress of operations: it is a pity, because we are constantly looking for places on some maps present. Stackpole has reissued the book was originally published in 1987: a bibliography of this new edition would have asked to be updated as new titles are from Anglo-Saxon published on the subject.

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BLANDRE, Jehovah's Witnesses, Collection Son of Abraham, 198 p. An article cited by

It was after having written some time ago on this blog an article on the history of the movement of Jehovah's Witnesses , who had also attracted a lot of very fast reactions from members of this organization that I 'had had the desire to acquire a comprehensive overview on the subject. However difficult to find a book fair on the issue, both Jehovah's Witnesses are controversial, in one way or another. The work of Bernard Blandre stands out. Professor of history, specializing in Jehovah's Witnesses, it examines uncompromising and unbiased hostile this organization which has done much about her in France, especially in the late 90s.

As he explains in his introduction, since their "founding father " Rutherford, Jehovah's Witnesses are considered to be the only religion approved by God. For them, all other churches are manifestations of the Devil, the "Babylons " in power. And yet! Jehovah's Witnesses are themselves from a religious family: they are a branch of the movement Bible Students , itself derived from the Adventism running inspired by the preaching of William Miller , a Baptist which only part of the long tradition of millenarian Christianity. We can also easily connect to Witnesses Protestantism as they swear by the Bible, even if they deny that Christ is God: they are monotheistic almost to the point of denying the Trinity. Bernard Blandre at the time, wants to write this book Collection The Sons of Abraham because of the fairly visible presence of Jehovah's Witnesses in everyday life, be it by the door to door . But they are quite hostile in general, questions or arrival of the researchers. According to the author, Jehovah's Witnesses have indeed evolved from mysticism original Bible Students to a very narrow framework of the individual in a true propaganda machine , facing the imminent arrival of the Kingdom of God on Earth. For Blandre, Jehovah's Witnesses are among the best examples of sects, in the scientific sense of the word (definition based on the work of sociology by Max Weber and Ernst Troeltsh: contractual group, which focuses on the intensity life of its members, who refuses all ties with society, rejected other churches and society, in a posture which is sometimes protest in return persecution).

The book is divided into three parts of about fifty pages each. In the first part, Bernard Blandre traces the history of the organization , the genesis of the movement, its formation and consolidation until 1991. The second part is a anthology of key reference texts of Jehovah's Witnesses from William Miller to the contemporary records of the organization. The third part offers no analysis u Witnesses Jehovah's themes: sacred art, spiritual, sociological profile, organization. The set is complemented by an extensive bibliography and annexes provided very (diagrams showing the origins of Jehovah's Witnesses from Adventism, the Bible Students; maps on the distribution of Witnesses in the world statistics Jehovah's Witnesses and its evolution throughout the country; booklet iconographic end of the book with the main figures of the movement, and illustrations drawn from the Jehovah's Witness pamphlets to explain their meaning shelled).

The only flaw of this book is that date unfortunately of 1991 and that 20 years later, he must be somewhat outdated in terms of statistics and trends very immediate movement Witnesses Jehovah. Nevertheless, the first two parts of the book (history and anthology), as annexes remain largely valid. An excellent book begins, therefore, to learn more about these strange characters.

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The hearing of the blog expands somewhat: The World According quoting my article on the Mai Mai in Kivu in September 2010, behold news website Rue89 (very good also) refers my article on Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb , published both here and on the geostrategic Alliance in January, in a post on the Libya released this week.

This confirms that the balance I drew up at the end of 2010 statistics: the are articles on topics bring more visibility . The period from January to February end was marked by a low activity independent of my will. Today will be posted the first part of a big article about one of my favorite subjects, other items will probably follow shortly. A new page appeared on the homepage , which lists the book reports that I have done for the site Clionautes .