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The Evian agreements (1962), Charles-Kobert Ageron. The Evian agreements ended the Algerian War. They are still, 30 years later, a subject of dispute. This article proposes a detailed and serene description of the negotiations and then shows their content. The author also analyzes the two wagers which they meant. The first one, that of on eventual reconciliation between communities in an independant Algeria, was lost when the OAS and the FLN fomented insecurity in the second half of 1962. The second wager was that of cooperation between France and Algeria, which held better than generally accorded.

The Russian Revolution and ecology (1917-1934), Jean Batou. Why did the ex-USSR's communism also give birth to the ecological catastrophe that is threatening us, from the drying up Aral Sea to the post-Chernobyl potential nuclear catastrophes ? The author distinguishes two periods, before and after 1928. During Lenin's time, scientific ecology could be ex-pressed and even played a role as an interest group. But Stalinism broke its drive and bureaucracy took over, muzzling men and their environment.

The cartoonist, from artist to journalist, Christian Delporte. From the Belle Epoque to the 1930s, the author draws the portrait of three successive generations of cartoonists. Between the first generation (Steinlein, Gill) and the two interwar generations — those of the 1920s (Gassier, Sennep) and those of the 1930s (Effel, Henry), the cartoonists became artist-newspapermen. They became a recognized part of the world of journalism, with recognition, professionnal status and a separate union (1935).

Francis Bouygues. The rise of and entrepreneur (1952-1989), Dominique Barjot. From the beginning of the 1950s to the late 1980s, Francis Bouygues succeeded in building a genuine industrial empire, number one worldwide in the field of building and public works. This spectacular rise was based on a " Bouygues model " combining a vast cluster of diversified companies, an efficient internationalization strategy, a constant interest in innovation and a type of social paternalism.

For a history of twinned cities and towns, Cécile Chombard-Gaudin. Poorly known and little studied, the city twinning movement gradually extended to regions, appeared in the afternmath of the Second World War to promote the bringing together of common people. It goes well beyond the somewhat folklore image to which it is sometimes reduced. Its political dimension raised great tensions, especially during the Cold War. Retracing the main Unes of its development, the author encou- rages reflection and suggests research lines for a history that remains to be written.