Gautier, Louis <br/><br/>
The mother of all reforms: The Gulf War and French defence policy 

 -  2021.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> Following General de Gaulle’s creation of the nuclear deterrent, a founding principle of the Fifth Republic, the Gulf War marked a change in French defence policy. Thirty years later, the cycle of reform has been completed and it is time to envisage a new phase of the national strategic plan.