Sztuka wojenna : kontekst teoretyczny i praktyczny

The article presents concepts of the art of war, that is the theory and practice of war military activities and crises reaction. In this context the term has two meanings. The first regards the theory, while the second is connected with practical steps taken by commands and armies in the scope of preparing and conducting the war activities. The article describes three basic fields of the art of war, that is the strategy, operational art and tactics. The first field-strategy refers to the measures chosen and undertaken in connection with preparing the state and, first of all, the armed forces to a war. The second field-tactics is generally interested in combat. The operational art is the youngest field of the art of war and it deals with operations and the art of commanding troops in operations. The article also discusses elementary categories of the art of war at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. The authors of the article refer to the works of Carl von Clausewitz, Antoine H. Jomini, Ferdinand Foch, Basil H. Liddel Hart, Andre Beafre, Franciszek Skibiński, Stefan Mossor, Stanisław Rola-Arciszewski and Stanisław Koziej.