| 9 | INTRODUCTION |
| Chapter One | |
| WAR AS A SOCIO-POLITICAL PHENOMENON | |
| 13 | [introduction.] |
| 15 | 1. WAR AND POLITICS |
| 34 | 2. POLITICS AND THERMONUCLEAR WAR |
| 47 | 3. THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATION OF WARS |
| 57 | 4. WAR AND IDEOLOGY |
| 67 | 5. MODERN BOURGEOIS THEORIES ABOUT THE CAUSES, ESSENCE AND ROLE OF WARS IN HISTORY |
| Chapter Two | |
| THE SOCIAL CHARACTER AND TYPES OF WARS IN THE CONTEMPORARY EPOCH | |
| 86 | [introduction.] |
| 86 | 1. JUST AND UNJUST WARS. TYPES OF WARS. |
| 98 | 2. WARS BETWEEN OPPOSING SOCIAL SYSTEMS |
| 107 | 3. CIVIL WARS BETWEEN THE PROLETARIAT AND THE BOURGEOISIE, BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE REACTIONARY FORCES OF MONOPOLY CAPITAL |
| 115 | 4. WARS BETWEEN THE COLONIALISTS AND THE PEOPLES FIGHTING FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE |
| 122 | 5. WARS BETWEEN CAPITALIST STATES |
| 130 | 6. THE ROLE OF THE POPULAR MASSES IN WARS IN THE MODERN EPOCH |
| Chapter Three | |
| WARS IN DEFENCE OF THE SOCIALIST MOTHERLAND | |
| 143 | [introduction.] |
| 143 | 1. ARMED DEFENCE OF THE SOCIALIST MOTHERLAND—A REGULARITY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY TRANSITION FROM CAPITALISM TO SOCIALISM |
| 152 | 2. POLITICAL CONTENT AND SPECIFIC FEATURES OF WAR IN DEFENCE OF THE SOCIALIST MOTHERLAND |
| 161 | 3. DEFENCE OF THE GAINS OF SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM BY THE STATES OF THE SOCIALIST COMMUNITY |
| 169 | 4. ROLE OF THE MARXIST-LENINIST PARTY IN THE ARMED DEFENCE OF THE SOCIALIST MOTHERLAND |
| Chapter Four | |
| THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CAPITALIST COUNTRIES. SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE ARMIES OF THE YOUNG NATIONAL STATES | |
| 187 | [introduction.] |
| 188 | 1. THE SOCIAL NATURE AND THE PURPOSE OF THE ARMIES OF EXPLOITER STATES |
| 195 | 2. THE ARMED FORCES OF MODERN IMPERIALIST STATES. AGGRESSIVE MILITARY-POLITICAL BLOCS |
| 210 | 3. THE ARMED FORCES OF THE YOUNG NATIONAL STATES |
| Chapter Five | |
| THE ARMED FORCES OF THE SOCIALIST STATES | |
| 218 | [introduction.] |
| 218 | 1. SOCIAL NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE ARMY OF A SOCIALIST STATE |
| 228 | 2. FOUNDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOVIET ARMED FORCES |
| 253 | 3. THE ARMED FORCES OF THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES |
| 268 | 4. MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL BASES OF THE SUPREMACY OF THE SOCIALIST MILITARY ORGANISATION |
| Chapter Six | |
| THE MILITARY POWER OF THE STATE IN CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS | |
| 275 | [introduction.] |
| 275 | 1. THE CONCEPT OF THE STATE’S MILITARY POWER |
| 284 | 2. ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE’S MILITARY POWER |
| 297 | 3. SCIENCE AND THE MILITARY POWER OF STATES |
| 310 | 4. MORAL-POLITICAL BASIS OF THE STATE’S MILITARY POWER |
| Chapter Seven | |
| MILITARY POTENTIAL | |
| 323 | [introduction.] |
| 324 | 1. THE MODERN REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE MILITARY POTENTIAL |
| 338 | 2. MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES’ COMBAT POWER |
| 350 | 3. MORAL ELEMENTS OF THE TROOPS’ COMBAT POWER |
| 364 | 4. DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE OF WARFARE METHODS |
| Chapter Eight | |
| THE MARXIST-LENINIST TEACHING ON WAR AND METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF SOVIET MILITARY THEORY | |
| 377 | [introduction.] |
| 378 | 1. DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM— THE UNIVERSAL METHOD OF COGNITION AND REVOLUTIONARY ACTION. ITS APPLICATION IN SOVIET MILITARY THEORY |
| 387 | 2. METHODOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE MARXIST-LENINIST TEACHING ON WAR AND THE ARMY |
| 399 | 3. THE PROBLEM OF THE LAWS OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND THE PRINCIPLES OF MILITARY ART |
| 417 | CONCLUSION |
| 420 | CHRONOLOGY OF WARS, ARMED UPRISINGS AND MILITARY CONFLICTS |
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