- Lucien Poirier
Lucien Poirier (born in 1918) is a retired general of the
French army and theoretician ofnuclear deterrence .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 vastly superior
Soviet Union from invading France and Europe.Poirier authored several books on the subject.
Works
* "La Crise des fondements", Paris, ISC/Economica, 1994.
* "Stratégies nucléaires", Bruxelles, Complexe, 1988.
* "Essais de stratégie théorique", Institut de stratégie comparée, 1982.
* "Des stratégies nucléaires", Paris Hachette, 1977.Lien externe
* [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0,36-776774,0.html "Lucien Poirier : "je crois en la vertu rationalisante de l'atome"] , interview for "
Le Monde "
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