Allegiance France Name Lucien Poirier Years of service 1939-1974 Died January 10, 2013, France | Unit French Foreign Legion Rank General officer Other work military strategist Service/branch French Army | |
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Born 1918
France ( 1918 ) Battles/wars World War II
First Indochina War
Algerian War Battles and wars World War II, First Indochina War, Algerian War | ||
Stratege lucien poirier et le nucleaire
Lucien Poirier (1918 – 10 January 2013) was a general of the French Army and a theoretician of nuclear deterrence.
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- Stratege lucien poirier et le nucleaire
- Lucien poirier salomette 98
- Military career
- Academic career
- Later life
- References
Lucien poirier salomette 98
Military career
Poirier began his military service at the beginning of World War II, after graduating from Special Military School of Saint-Cyr, and was imprisoned in Germany until 1945. After the war, Poirier continued in the military with the French Foreign Legion (beginning as a Captain) in conflicts in Indochina (First Indochina War) and Algeria (Algerian War).
Poirier took part in the design of the French doctrine for use of nuclear weapons, the so-called "weak-to-strong strategy" (statégie du faible au fort), intended to deter the much stronger Soviet Union from invading France and Europe.
Academic career
Poirier began to write while in the French Army in 1968. After being promoted to General in 1974, he retired to become an academic specializing in military strategy at Université de Paris (now Pantheon-Sorbonne University l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Pantheon-Sorbonne University à l’Ecole normale supérieure (ENS) and École nationale d'administration (ENA).
Poirier authored several books on the subject of military strategy and nuclear deterrence:
Later life
Porier remained active into his 90s and died on 9 or 10 January 2013. He was 94.