On Some Methodological Issues of the Study of Wars.

Abstract

The author of the article holds the idea that the study of the theoretical and practical
aspects of the problem of war requires constant reference to the methodological
strategies of researching the subject. Some of these aspects have been in the focus of
research attention for a long time, but in modern conditions, they acquire new dimensions and do not lose relevance. The article emphasizes that as methodological perspectives of this kind can be called primarily historical, economic, sociological and political science approaches to the study of wars. The author of the article considers a number of subjects requiring a comprehensive methodological analysis. Such is the study of military issues from the point of view of the state of the system of world politics; the role of the individual in matters of war and peace; analysis of the issues of war from the angle of correlation of military with non-military means of warfare. It is also emphasized that the study of scientific and technological factors that are acquiring an growing role in modern wars (as well as in solving the problem of preventing war) needs new special approaches. At the same time, the author states that the dynamics of scientific and technological factors stay insufficiently studied. The article says that the subject of war and peace must be viewed
through the prism of optimal interaction between representatives of military science,
on the one hand, and representatives of a number of social sciences, on the other.