Vincent Desportes
Vincent Desportes is a retired French Army general and military theorist.
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
- Officer of the Legion of Merit
- Meritorious Service Medal
Works
Books
Cavalerie de décision, ADDIM, 1998, ', Economica, 2000, 2e édition en 2001,Prix Fréville de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
Prix Vauban de l'Association des Auditeurs de l'IHEDN
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English Translation , Brookings Institution Press, 2009,
- Le piège américain, Pourquoi les États-Unis peuvent perdre les guerres d'aujourd'hui, Economica, 2011,
- La dernière bataille de France, Lettre aux Français qui croient encore être défendus, Gallimard, 2015,
Articles
- Several articles in '
- in '
- in Défense et Sécurité internationale
- in Revue Militaire Suisse
- in
- in Le Monde
- in La Tribune
- in Small War Journal
- in Le Monde 07/02/2010