Lucien Poirier
Lucien Poirier (* 1918 † 10 January 2013) was a French general and author.
Lucien Poirier has been dealing with deterrence theory and considered the father of statégie you faiblement au fort, the French nuclear program.
Together with Hervé Couteau -Bégarie he led the Economica. In 2001 he was winner of the Prix « Edmond Fréville -Pierre Messmer " of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques.
Writings
- La Crise of Fondements, Paris, ISC / Economica, 1994
- Stratégies nucléaires, Brussels, Complexe, 1988
- Essais de stratégie théorique, Institut de stratégie comparée, 1982
- In stratégies nucléaires, Paris, Hachette, 1977
- La réserve et l' attente l' avenir des armes françaises nucléaires, with François Géré, Economica, Paris, 2001, 329 pp.