A new deterrent -- Characteristics, research objectives -- From antiquity to Napoleon -- Selection of masters : criteria -- The Nineteenth century -- The birth of the modern blitzkrieg -- World War II : personalities and engagements -- The blitz failure in the Ardennes -- The Sinai campaigns -- Functions of the mobile staff -- The combat environment : fancy and fact -- Automation of the command function via the military-industrial complex -- The air age : the airborne concept -- The air age : the airmobile concept -- The confrontation deterrent -- Attainment of the blitz capability.