نظرية عسكرية

النظرية العسكرية Military theory، هي تحليل للسلوك المعياري والتوجهات في الشؤون العسكرية والتاريخ العسكري، الذي يصل لما هو أبعد الوصف المبسط لأحداث الحرب والنظريات العسكرية، وخاصة منذ تأثير محاولة كلاوسڤيتس في القرن التاسع عشر لبوتقة العلاقات الثقافية، السياسية، والاقتصادية المعقدة بين المجتمعات والنزاعات التي أسستها.

تفاوتت النظريات والمفاهيم حول الحرب في أماكن مختلفة على مدار التاريخ الإنساني. الصيني سون تزو، يعتبر واحد من أقدم المنظرين العسكريين. أيقونته فن الحرب كان أساساً للتخطيط، التكتيكات، الاستراتيجية واللوجستيات العملياتية.

Military Theory is multi-disciplinary drawing on social science and humanities academic fields through the disciplines of political science, strategic studies, military studies and history. It examines three key areas:

• What is war (its nature)?
• What forms does war take (its character)?
• How are wars won (the application of military power or warfare)?

It is distinct from, and subordinate to, Military Philosophy, which studies questions such as the reasons to go to war, jus ad bellum, and just ways to fight wars, jus in bello. Two of the earliest military philosopher's date from the 5th Century BC; Thucydides and Sun Tzu. Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War and Sun Tzu's Art of War offer enduring thoughts on the causes of war and how warfare may be conducted. Likewise, while military theory can inform Military Doctrine or help explain Military History, it differs from them as it contemplates abstract concepts, themes, principles and ideas to formulate solutions to actual and potential problems concerning war and warfare.

استخدام النظرية العسكرية

Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote,

Carl von Clausewitz

'The primary purpose of any theory is to clarify concepts and ideas that have become, as it were, confused and entangled. Not until terms and concepts have been defined can one hope to make any progress in examining the questions clearly and simply and expect the reader to share one's views.'

Military Theory informs the political, strategic, operational and tactical levels of war. It does so by contributing to knowledge on the subjects of war and warfare. This aids in understanding why and when force is used and what forms the use of force may take. It also aids in identifying and explaining practical outcomes to help determine how force may be applied. Military theories, especially since the 19th Century AD, attempt to encapsulate the complex cultural, political and economic relationships between societies and the conflicts they create.

Categories of Military Theory

Military Theories can be divided into several categories. First, theories may be codified by their relevant level of War:

• Grand Strategic Theory
• Strategic Theory
• Operational Theory
• Tactical Theory

Second, they may be categorised by environment or domain, such as:

• General, National Military Power Theory
• Integrated and or Joint Theory
• Land Power or Continental Theory
• Sea Power or Naval and Maritime Theory
• Air Power or Aeronautical Theory
• Space Power or Astronautical Theory
• Cyber Power Theory
• Information Power Theory

Third, a theory may be developed for a particular form of warfare, such as:

• Naval Warfare Theory
• Surface Warfare Theory
• Anti-Submarine Warfare Theory
• Land Warfare Theory
• Armoured Warfare Theory
• Airborne Warfare Theory
• Amphibious Warfare Theory
• Air Warfare Theory
• Anti-Aircraft Warfare Theory
• Psychological Warfare Theory
• Cyber Warfare Theory
• Space Warfare Theory
• Nuclear Warfare Theory
• Biological Warfare Theory
• Chemical Warfare Theory
• Regular Warfare Theory
• Irregular Warfare Theory
• Combined Arms Warfare Theory
• Manoeuvre Theory
• Attrition Theory
• Conventional Warfare Theory
• Unconventional Warfare Theory
• Counterinsurgency Theory
• Counterterrorism Theory

منظّرون عسكريون

Theories and conceptions of warfare have varied throughout human history. There have been many military theorists throughout history, such as Onasander, Frontinus, Aelian, Vegetius, Maurice, Leo VI, Machiavelli, Lloyd, Berenhorst, Bülow, de Saxe, Clausewitz, Jomini, Calwell, Mahan, Corbett, Douhet, Fuller, Liddell-Hart, Wylie, Brodie, Luttwak, Schelling, Howard, Freedman, Boyd, Lind, Creveld, Gat, Hammes, Hoffman, Kilcullen and Gray in Western military circles; each have helped lay the foundations for our contemporary understanding of policy, strategy, operational art, tactics, command and control, intelligence and logistics.

انظر أيضاً

• عقيدة عسكرية
• العلوم العسكرية
• قائمة الكتاب العسكريين

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ببليوجرافيا

• Angstrom, Jan and Widen, J.J. (2015) Contemporary Military Theory: The Dynamics of War. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203080726.
• Clausewitz, Carl von (1976). On War. Edited and translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret (Revised 1984 ed.). Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-05657-9.
• Evans, Michael, (2004), Land Warfare Studies Centre Study Paper No. 305, The Continental School of Strategy: The Past, Present and Future of Land Power, Canberra: Land Warfare Studies Centre. ISBN 0642296014.
• Gray, Colin S. (2010). The Strategy Bridge-Theory for Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199579662.
• Lider, Julian (1980). 'Introduction to Military Theory', Cooperation and Conflict, XV, 151-168.
• Lider, Julian (1983). Military Theory: Concept, Structure and Problems (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780312532406.
• Oliviero, Charles. (2022) Strategia-A Primer on Theory and Strategy for Students of War. Toronto: Double Dagger. ISBN 9781990644245.
• Sun Tzu (2003). The Art of War. New York City: Barnes & Noble Books. ISBN 978-1-59308-016-7.
• Vego, Milan (2011). 'On Military Theory', Joint Force Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue 62, p 59-67.
• Yarger, Harry R. (2006). Strategic Theory for the 21st Century: The Little Book on Big Strategy. Leavenworth: US Army War College War College Press. ISBN 1584872330.

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