Défense civile et protection des populations
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Abstract EN:
Civil defense in france is one of the less widely known aspects of state defence. It has too long been overshadowed by the nuclear aspect of the deterrent power and it is most often reduced in people's minds to the sole sheltering of the populations. That is why the author, willing to cooperate to the circulation of defence consciansness (the spirit of defence) tires to bring the necessary explanations about the actual range of civil defense and thas to put an end to the confusion between civil defence and sheltering of the populations that has pervaded the public debate on all levels. The demonstration is preceeded by an analysis of the concept of defence. The evolving aspect of the threat and the emergence of technological hazards have made it necessary to give a new and wider definition of civil defence which, along with military defence, becomes one of the major props of deterrent power. As exhaustive as possible an assessment of the structures and means of civil defence in france is made. The study underlines weaknesses and it advocates a few solutions which are the fruit of an essentially pragmatic reflexion.
Abstract FR:
La defense civile en france est un des volets mal connu de la defense nationale. Trop longtemps occultee par l'aspect nucleaire de la dissuasion, elle est le plus souvent reduite, dans les esprits a la seule mise a l'abri de la population. Aussi l'auteur, dans un souci de participation a la diffusion de l'esprit de defense, tente-t-il un effort de necessaire clarification sur l'extension du domaine couvert par la defense civile afin de mettre un terme a la confusion qui s'est introduite dans le debat public a tous les niveaux entre la defense civile et la protection des populations. La demarche est precedee d'une analyse de la notion de defense. Le caractere evolutif de la menace et l'emergence des risques technologiques entrainent une redefinition de la defense civile qui, au sens le plus large du terme, devient, avec la defense militaire, l'un des piliers majeurs de la dissuasion. La defense civile en france est l'objet d'un inventaire aussi exhaustif que possible de ses structures et de ses moyens. Cet examen permet d'en mieux souligner les insuffisances et de presenter quelques propositions formulees selon une demarche essentiellement pragmatique.