Vincent Desportes is a retired French Army general and military theorist.
Education
Desportes graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, specialising in armour warfare. He also holds an engineer"s degree, a diplôme d"études approfondies in sociology, a Master of Business Administration, and graduated from the United States. Army War College.
Career
He was Military attaché in the French embassy in the United States of America, aid to the General secretary for national defence, and director of the Centre de doctrine et d"emploi des forces. Along with Jean-Francois Phelizon, Desportes is co-director of the "Stratégies & Doctrines" collection of Economica editions. Desportes headed the Collège interarmées de défense in 2008-2010.