Kirjahaku

Ce roman ? clef politico-policier plonge le lecteur en plein coeur d?une imaginaire guerre civile ethnoculturelle entre musulmans fran?ais et Fran?ais traditionnels (dits ?identitaires?). Avec ses haines, ses hyst?ries et ses violences, un tel conflit est en effet redout? par certains observateurs comme un cauchemar en gestation. L?intrigue: Une explosion d?truit la fa?ade de la cath?drale de Reims, monument embl?matique de l?histoire de France et de sa tradition chr?tienne. Une minorit? d?identitaires d?clenchent un pogrom anti-musulman. Le r?cit de leurs brutalit's horrifie presse et public. Bient't des islamistes radicaux lance une contre-attaque toute aussi violente. La commissaire Denise Caron directrice r?gionale de la Police judiciaire ? Reims, se jette dans la m?l?e, y d?couvrant une trag?die personnelle. Haletant, complexe et riche en personnages pittoresques, le roman explore des aspects connus et peu connus de la France d?aujourd?hui.

The book is about America's unending "war on terror" -- how it is being lost, and how it could be won. Napoleon's remark about bayonets fits well America's inclination to see world affairs in military terms. Analyzing Islam and the 2011 Arab uprisings, the book explains U.S. militaristic culture, and shows how invading Muslim lands, and backing "safe" strongmen, clearly fosters terrorism. Strong national defense demands robust, multi-faceted counter-terrorism. But radical Islam opens a contest of ideas. And arms can't defeat ideas, only better ideas can. The West's "weapons of mass construction" -- freedom, dignity and democracy - have universal appeal. Promoting these through "smart options" - useful education, job-creating small-business training, and cultural development - isn't na ve. It's hard-nosed, more budget-friendly, national defense - especially when it benefits Muslim girls and women, the ultimate peace-builders of Islamic society.

Hurling seven workmen to their deaths, a massive bomb blows off the facade of the eight hundred-year-old Cathedral of Reims, Frances most revered monument to its national and Christian traditions. Public opinion blames radical Islamists, and hysterical mobs attack Muslims in streets, stores, and mosques. Fear of civil war brings President Emmanuel Macron and even Pope Francis to the scene to plead for peace. Commissaire Denise Caron, though losing a loved one in the blast and under pitiless media fire, leads a daring, sophisticated investigation. Its astonishing conclusion cuts to the core of France itself and offers lessons to a Europe facing ultranationalist tensions. Carons lover, Mario, an opera conductor, comforts her all the way from despair to doubt and finally to stunning success. A bracing pursuit of terrorists with French police to a surprising conclusion right out of todays headlines . . . enlivened with politics, eroticism, and champagne . . . a great read . . . best with a flute of Roederer Cristal (Russell Mills, editor, publisher, and newspaper executive). A fast-paced thriller you will want to read without interruption. Here, fiction is a twin sister of reality. Smart, seductive Commissaire Denise Caron uses high-tech, brazenness, and inspired hunches to catch fiendish terrorists. Un rcit men un train denfer. Bravo (Georges Tsa, Fondation Chirac, Paris, former assistant deputy minister of immigration, Canada). This mysterious sequel zooms in on challenges inherent in intercommunal tensions in France and elsewhere. What a twist What a thriller (Dr. Ratna Ray). A frightening picture of the chaotic violence that may engulf Franceand other European countriesif narrow nationalisms continue to fight the other in a fast-growing and changing world. Supercop Denise Caron tackles the problem with style (Paddy Sherman, editor and publisher). This fascinating book tackles a major contemporary challengehate and violence that maim and kill innocents by the thousands (Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan, CM, OOnt).

Canada has been giving foreign aid now for about fifteen years, and this book is the first to show what Canada has done in this new area of international diplomacy. Several projects—Warzak Dam, St. Vincent Dock, Canada-India Reactor, Nigerian Air Survey, Maple Leaf Cement Plant—are recounted in detail, from the practical administrative point of view. The various forms and methods of aid adopted by Canada are described. But the author’s main concern is policy. In the first chapter he asses the more popular theories of aid and finds them more or less superficial. Aid is inescapably political in context and the author pleads for increasing understanding and sophistication in choosing its objectives, methods, and recipients. A national aid policy should be part of over-all foreign policy (the author recommends therefore a cabinet committee on external relations) and should be executed and reviewed by a corps of "aid diplomats" (hence a recommendation for a corps of professional field workers). This book is written both for professional theorists and practitioners of aid and for all those interested in Canadian foreign policy or indeed in evaluating the aid component in any international policy.