Vincent Desportes
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Desportes graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, specialising in armour warfare. He also holds an engineer's degree, a diplôme d'études approfondies in sociology, an MBA, and graduated from the U.S. Army War College.
He was Military attaché in the French embassy in the USA, aid to the General secretary for national defence, and director of the Centre de doctrine et d'emploi des forces.
Along with Jean-Francois Phelizon, Desportes is co-director of the "Stratégies & Doctrines" collection of Economica editions.
Desportes headed the Collège interarmées de défense in 2008-2010.
Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Officer of the National Order of Merit
- Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature
- Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr (Germany)
- Officer of the Legion of Merit (USA)
- Meritorious Service Medal (USA)
Works
Books
- Cavalerie de décision, ADDIM, 1998, Template:ISBN
- Comprendre la guerre, Economica, 2000, 2e édition en 2001, Template:ISBN
Prix Fréville de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
Prix Vauban de l'Association des Auditeurs de l'IHEDN - L'Amérique en Armes, Economica, 2002, Template:ISBN
- Décider dans l'incertitude, Economica, 2004, 2e édition en 2007, Template:ISBN
English Translation Deciding in the Dark, Economica, 2008, Template:ISBN - Introduction à la Stratégie, Economica, 2007, Template:ISBN
- La Guerre Probable, Economica, 2007, Template:ISBN
Prix de la Saint-Cyrienne 2008
English Translation Tomorrow’s War, Brookings Institution Press, 2009, Template:ISBN - Le piège américain, Pourquoi les États-Unis peuvent perdre les guerres d'aujourd'hui, Economica, 2011, Template:ISBN
- La dernière bataille de France, Lettre aux Français qui croient encore être défendus, Gallimard, 2015, Template:ISBN
Articles
- Articles in Défense & Sécurité Internationale
- Articles in Défense et sécurité collective
- Several articles in Doctrine
- Article in Politique Etrangère (journal of the IFRI)
- Interview in Défense et Sécurité internationale (DSI)
- Article in Revue Militaire Suisse
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- Interview in Le Monde
- ArticleScript error: No such module "Unsubst". in La Tribune
- Interview in Small War Journal
- Entretien in Le Monde 07/02/2010
External links
- Template:In lang Centre de doctrine et d'emploi des forces
- Template:In lang Collège interarmées de défense
Sources
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Writers from Rennes
- French generals
- Military theorists
- French military writers
- École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni
- Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr
- Officers of the Legion of Merit
- French male non-fiction writers
- Military personnel from Rennes