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By: Pavel VukORCID  
Open Access
|Jul 2025

Abstract

Military doctrine represents military thought and a common language of a military organization. It consists of a doctrinal troika - theory, culture, and authority -which is an important source of command, education, and change for any military organization. Conceptually, military doctrine is controversial; on the one hand, it is binding in a military organisation, but on the other hand, the dynamic nature of the environment requires rationality in its application. In this paper, we examine the ontological question »what is military doctrine«. The main contribution of the paper is to clarify the essence of military doctrine and to stimulate critical thinking among military commanders about its relevance for the coherent functioning of the military organisation.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cmc-2025-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2463-9575 | Journal ISSN: 2232-2825
Language: English, Slovenian
Page range: 19 - 37
Published on: Jul 23, 2025
Published by: General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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