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Cyber vs Cyberstratégie: Which Should You Read?
Two cybersecurity books on Strategy, compared honestly: who each is for, what each does best, and which to read first.
A strategic analysis of cyber conflict as permanent, sub-threshold warfare — and what France and Europe should do about it — by a former senior French strategist and a consultant.
An early French military-strategic treatment of cyberspace as a theatre of operations — doctrine, deterrence and the determinants of a national cyber policy — by a French officer and strategist.
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Key takeaways
- One of the most substantive French strategy books on cyber as permanent conflict.
- Gergorin is a former head of policy planning at the Quai d'Orsay — the statecraft is first-hand.
- Policy- and doctrine-focused, with concrete recommendations for France and Europe.
- A foundational French-language text on cyber as a domain of warfare and statecraft, not as a technical discipline.
- Brings a French/European strategic lens to a conversation usually dominated by American voices.
- From 2012, so read it for doctrine and framing rather than current events — pair with newer reporting for the post-2014 era.
How they compare
We rate Cyber higher (4/5 against 3/5 for Cyberstratégie). For most readers, that means Cyber is the primary pick and Cyberstratégie is a useful follow-up.
Both books target intermediate-level readers, so the choice is about topic, not difficulty.
Cyber and Cyberstratégie both cover Strategy, Geopolitics, Nation-State, so reading them in sequence reinforces the same material from different angles.