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Cyber vs La cyberstratégie russe: 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.
A focused study of Russia's approach to cyberspace — doctrine, actors and information warfare — one of the few French-language books dedicated to a single state's cyberstrategy.
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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 rare French-language deep dive into a single nation's cyberstrategy — Russia's.
- Useful for the doctrinal and information-warfare framing that later events (2016, Ukraine) made famous.
- From 2013: foundational context, but pair with newer reporting (e.g. Sandworm) for events since.
How they compare
We rate Cyber higher (4/5 against 3/5 for La cyberstratégie russe). For most readers, that means Cyber is the primary pick and La cyberstratégie russe is a useful follow-up.
Both books target intermediate-level readers, so the choice is about topic, not difficulty.
Cyber and La cyberstratégie russe both cover Strategy, Geopolitics, Nation-State, so reading them in sequence reinforces the same material from different angles.