Theories
Between 1929 and 1939, Castex wrote Théories Stratégiques, where he exposes a thesis on the link between land and naval warfare, and on a national "gravity centre" which, in the case of France, would be situated off Europe. He argues that the "gravity centre" should have been displaced to Northern Africa before 1939, with installation of main armament factories and government centres.
In 1939, Castex suggested granting independence to French Indochina, deemed indefensible against the Japanese Empire, and to Syria and Lebanon, then under French mandate, as to make allies out of them.
In 1955, Castex published an article in the Revue de la Défense Nationale (National Defence review) titled "La Russie, rempart de l'Occident" (Russia, the wall of the West) where he theoricises the rise of China and her upcoming rivalry with the West, including Russia.
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