Creating the science of the laws of social development, of the victory of socialism and communism, K. Marx and F. Engels, in the interests of the proletarian revolution, thoroughly and profoundly studied and elaborated the problems of war and military affairs. They saw military theory as a powerful weapon of the class struggle of the proletariat. The theoretical legacy of Karl Marx and Fr. Engels ' research on war, the army, and military affairs is invaluable, and it provides a solid foundation for a deep understanding of modern warfare and modern military science. Engels was particularly concerned with military matters .1 "After his participation in the Baden campaign, Engels made the study of military questions his specialty," 2 Karl Marx wrote to Lassalle in 1859. F. Engels was a brilliant thinker and fighter, an innovator and revolutionary in science. Together with Karl Marx, he made a real revolution in the understanding of such social phenomena as war, the armed forces, military science and the art of war. F. Engels was not only the first military theorist of the proletariat, he was the creator of Marxist military-historical science. His numerous works on military issues serve as unsurpassed examples of the application of dialectical materialism in the field of military affairs. Both Karl Marx and V. I. Lenin highly appreciated F.'s war work. V. I. Lenin called F. F. Engels. Engels was a great expert in military affairs 3 . The Marxist science of war and the army is based on an understanding of the nature and essence of war as a socio-historical phenomenon, as a continuation of class politics by armed means. Having discovered that "the mode of production of material life determines the social, political, and spiritual processes of life in general" 4, K. Marx and F. Engels provided a guiding thread for a truly scientific explanation of the origin of wars. They proved that wars arose at a certain stage in the development of society, namely, with the emergence of ... Читать далее