Traditionnally, in political sciences, researches on war have focussed on their explanatory causes. These researches have, for
example, questioned the role of the international structure, of the type of the domestic political regime, or of the human nature as
factors trigerring conflicts. Here, it is not so much question to explain but to understand what makes the use of military
violence thinkable. The aim of the project is to analyze the process rendering military violence acceptable. In order to do that, special
attention is devoted to the place of strategic thinking and of military doctrines that are largely contributing to establish the
technical legitimacy of the operations and to justify wars.