Three iconoclastic questions are raised by books published in France recently. Is management little more than illusion? (Jean-Michel Théron, Le pouvoir magique. Les techniques du chamanisme managerial). Is the West still capable of winning wars? (Arnaud de La Grange and Jean-Marc Balencie, Les guerres bâtardes; Vincent Desportes, La guerre probable, Penser autrement). And isn’t the ‘war on terror’ a dangerous delusion? (Christian Choquet, Le terrorisme n’est pas la guerre).
