''Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains'' (
French, literally "World Wars and Contemporary Conflicts") is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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covering the history of modern conflicts, until 1987 with a particular focus on
World War II
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. It is published by the
Presses Universitaires de France
Presses universitaires de France (PUF, English: ''University Press of France''), founded in 1921 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), is the largest French university publishing house.
Recent company history
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.
The journal was established in 1949 as the ''Cahiers d'histoire de la guerre''. In 1950 it was renamed as ''Revue d'histoire de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale'' and in 1982 as ''Revue d'histoire de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale et des conflits contemporains'', before obtaining its current title in 1987.
The founding
editor-in-chief
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was
Henri Michel
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. Currently, the editor-in-chief is Chantal Metzger.
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Quarterly journals
French-language journals
History journals
1949 establishments in France
Academic journals established in 1949
Historiography of World War II
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