Vincent Desportes

Vincent Desportes
Vincent Desportes
	Vincent Desportes in March 2012
Born	24 February 1953; Rennes, France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Army
Years of service	1972 - 2010
Rank	Général de division
Commands held	Light armoured squadron, 1er régiment de spahis (1981-1983); 501st-503rd Tank Regiment (1996-1998); Centre de doctrine et d'emploi des forces (2005-2008); Collège interarmées de défense (2008)
Awards	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)

Vincent Desportes (born 24 February 1953) 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, a 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

Cavalerie de décision, ADDIM, 1998, ISBN 2-907341-84-7
Comprendre la guerre, Economica, 2000, 2e édition en 2001, ISBN 2-7178-4286-1
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, ISBN 2-7178-4434-1
Décider dans l'incertitude, Economica, 2004, 2e édition en 2007, ISBN 2-7178-5335-9
English Translation Deciding in the Dark, Economica, 2008, ISBN 2-7178-5574-2
Introduction à la Stratégie, Economica, 2007, ISBN 2-7178-5423-1
La Guerre Probable, Economica, 2007, ISBN 2-7178-5504-1
Prix de la Saint-Cyrienne 2008
English Translation Tomorrow’s War, Brookings Institution Press, 2009, ISBN 2-7178-5718-4
Le piège américain, Pourquoi les États-Unis peuvent perdre les guerres d'aujourd'hui, Economica, 2011, ISBN 978-2717858426
La dernière bataille de France, Lettre aux Français qui croient encore être défendus, Gallimard, 2015, ISBN 9782070106912

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