L'interarmées aux États-Unis - rivalités bureaucratiques, enjeux opérationnels et idéologie de la jointness
Thème lancé pendant les années 1980 et constamment repris depuis, érigé en obligation impérieuse et presque en dogme pendant l'ère Rumsfeld, l'interarmisation ou jointness s'inscrit en réalité dans un débat ancien et même récurrent qui, par-delà MacNamara, remonte aux débuts de la guerre froide et même en-deçà.
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L'interarmées aux États-Unis - rivalités bureaucratiques, enjeux opérationnels et idéologie de la jointness
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Etienne de DURAND
Senior research fellow and Director of the Security Studies Center from 2006 to 2015
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