Franc, Claude <br/><br/>
Military History — The Lagarde Reform (1975-1979)(1/3): The background 

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<br/><br/> When Valéry Giscard d’Estaing arrived in the Elysée in 1974, the Army was in a difficult situation: its values had been rejected by a society undergoing profound change and its materiel was widely dilapidated. Furthermore, its management levels were underpaid and ill-considered, and youth was challenging the constraints of national military service.