Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakuvamba sa1985, iye akakurumbira mukuongorora kwehondo dzisina kurongeka (Indochina,
Algeria, nezvimwewo) uye kutanga kwezvombo zvenyukireya pasi peFrench Fourth Republic, pamwe chete mukudzidza kwezvakasiyana-siyana zveFrench neAmerica pfungwa dzemafungiro kubvira muna 1945. Muna 1988, akapinda muFondation pour les etudes de défense nationale, uko kusvikira muna 1992 akanga ari mudzidzi uye mubatsiri kuna General Lucien Poirier, nyanzvi mune zvombo zvenyukireya. Munguva dzinoverengeka dzekugara muUnited States, akadzidziswa mune fizikisi yezvombo zvenyukireya uye mu ballistics kubva pakuona kwemaitiro ekutarisira zvibvumirano zvekudzora zvombo.