On Strategy and Operations: A Short Insight into Military History

In: Vojenské rozhledy: vojenskoteoretický časopis = Czech military review, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 141-148

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.