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O strategii a operacích – stručný exkurz do historie vojenství
On Strategy and Operations: A Short Insight into Military History

Author(s): Ján Spišák
Subject(s): Security and defense, History and theory of political science
Published by: Univerzita obrany - Centrum bezpečnostních a vojenskostrategických studií
Keywords: Strategy; Military Operations; Military History; Military Development; the art of War; Schlieffen Plan; Carl von Clausewitz; Helmuth von Moltke

Summary/Abstract: The basic orientation in the field of military art demands at least elementary knowledge of military history and understanding to military strategy influence on the art of war. The questions tied to understanding military strategy and its influence on the preparation and conducting military operations are part of study programmes of all life education at the Defence University. The purpose of this article, dedicated to military strategy problems, is deeper understanding to its basic connections, understanding a direction the strategy took in a designated period and its development. I ought to explain in short its role and attitude towards the nature of military operations.

  • Issue Year: 22/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 141-148
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech