An Analysis Of Engels' Military Dialectics

Engels’ military dialectics thought formed in the second half of the 19 th century. With respect to its production and the formation of view, it was partially the individual’s subjective conditions(young Engels had a history of army brigade, and participated in several big battles), but more importantly, it was the objective requirement that the developing proletarian revolutionary situation had on the theoretical guidance of armed struggle. At the same time, it was also a living philosophy of military tutorial that Engels applied the basic viewpoint, position and principle of Marxist philosophy to analyze the military and war this important social phenomenon.Engels military dialectics thought involved a wide range of areas. Its main content includes such aspects: first, systematically explains the origin of the war, the emergence and development of army, the nature of the war, the relations between development of military and social development. Second, systematically explains the relationship between the "human" and the "object" in the wart namely the relationship between dialectical material and spiritual factors in the war. Third, systematically explains the relationship between the army’s combat effectiveness, military technology, military organization and development of science and technology. Fourth, systematically discussed the method of how to understand war and to process strategy and tactics.Engels military dialectics thought embodies some characteristics: first, from the perspective of historical materialism, analyses the war, this social and historical phenomenon, for the first time, and reveals the law of the origin, development and characteristics of war. Second, uses the materialist dialectics methods to analyze the evolution of the war everywhere.Engels military dialectics thought as the scientific theory of the military war, the social and historical phenomenon, in addition to the special value of theoretic disciplinary, it also has a great realistic guiding value and significance. For example, his ideas about the people’s war, less-win-more tactical ideas, nature of the war, had been used by our party in the revolutionary war. Today, in the face of complex changes in the world and fierce international competition, how to expand China’s national defense construction, how to understand and grasp the properties, characteristics and laws of modern war, in order to better safeguard China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity? We can drain rich thought resources from Engels’ military dialectics thought.