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military science

vr.tr.military-science · INF.KNW

Let an agent describe military science as a field of study, relay its subfields, institutions and references with attribution, distinguish it from operational military practice and from war itself, and keep to academic description without operational guidance.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent describe military science as a field of study, relay its subfields, institutions and references with attribution, distinguish it from operational military practice and from war itself, and keep to academic description without operational guidance.

The academic and professional study of armed conflict, armed forces and defence, covering military theory, strategy, history, organisation, technology, logistics, leadership and the social dimensions of military institutions; taught in military academies, staff colleges and universities and published in defence journals, it is distinct from the operational conduct of war.

What it is for: Understanding armed forces and conflict for education, policy and scholarship.

It can be explain the field and its subfields; relay institutions and references; distinguish study from operational practice; present debates with attribution.

Distinguishing features

Interdisciplinary field

Taught in military and civilian institutions

Theory, history and social science

Distinct from operational practice

What it looks like

Not visible; a field found in academies, universities, journals and doctrine publications.

How it is recognised

Academic study of armed forces and conflict

Subfields such as strategy, military history and military sociology

Operational conduct of war and defence policy are related but distinct

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

science

studies - the subject

armed forces

is related to - a core subfield

military history

is related to - a neighbouring field

security studies

In practice

Families and kinds

military theory and strategy

military history

military sociology and psychology

defence economics and logistics

military technology studies

security and war studies as neighbouring fields

Standards and regulation

Academic standards of military academies and universities

Classification rules limiting publication of sensitive material

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting the entry as operational guidance

Conflating scholarship with advocacy

Ignoring the ethical and legal dimensions

Also called

tactical medicinemilitary sociologymilitary aeronauticsWorld War II studiesmilitary theoryoperational level of warstrategic studiesmilitary artmilitary oriental studiesmilitary terminologypolitical warfarenational resource strategyYamaga-ryūKōshū schoolgungakuChinese information operations and information warfare

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.military-science

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Field What military science is.

Definition.

Scope

Scope and subfields.

Scope

Scope.

  1. What does military science study, and what subfields does it include? definition
  2. Is the user asking for operational military guidance, which the model does not give? boundary

Institutions

Institutions.

Institutions

Institutions.

  1. Where is military science taught and published? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific academy? action
Content Theory and history.

Content.

Theory

Military theory.

Theory

Theory.

  1. What are the main traditions of military theory, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits military strategy? action

History

Military history.

History

History.

  1. How does military history contribute, and which references are standard? provenance
  2. Which entry fits military history? action
Society Social and ethical dimensions.

Attribution.

Sociology

Military sociology.

Sociology

Sociology.

  1. What does military sociology study about institutions, service and civil-military relations? provenance
  2. Which entry fits civil-military relations? action

Ethics

Ethics and law.

Ethics

Ethics.

  1. How do ethics and the law of armed conflict feature in the field, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context History of the field.

Context.

Development

Development of the field.

Development

Development.

  1. How did military science develop from early treatises to modern academies? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific theorist? action

Debates

Current debates.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What debates exist about the status and scope of military science, with attribution? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should strategy and military history be separate entries?
  • How should defence journals be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming subfields and specialties; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON