The initial period of war: past and present.

From: Military Thought | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Bogdanov, S.A. | Copyright information

The history of wars and the military art shows that any war, under the impact of an array of sociopolitical and historical conditions, has its own distinct character. A combination of various political, economic, military, geographic, and other factors makes for a great diversity of methods and procedures for war preparations and entry into war by states. This manifested itself especially clearly in the world wars of the 20th century which drew into their orbit dozens of countries ...

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