Pozamilitarne przygotowania obronne państwa wobec wyzwań XXI wieku

• Autorzy: Kuliczkowski M.

Warianty tytułu

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Non-military defence preparations of the state versus the challenges of 21st century

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

EN

Rich historical experience, the study of war and conclusions drawn from contemporary wars and local conflicts allow stating explicitly that effective defence of the state (deterrence) against enemy’s potential aggression consists in the state’s usage of classical advantages mentioned by C.v. Clausewitz and strategic assets to defend its own territory. Thus the state defending against an aggression should, apart from appropriate armed forces’ preparation (operational forces and territorial defence forces), prepare and use for defence the assets of non-military defence structures, first of all human potential, defence advantages and defence preparation of its own territory. A convincing synthesis of experience to use human potential to defend a state are Napoleon Bonaparte’s statements that “when the whole nation is armed and wants to fight to defend its freedom, it is invincible” and “only the army is able to ensure the republic the peace and respect from outside”. Defence preparations of the state are an extremely complex and interdisciplinary undertaking including, in an appropriate scope, almost all areas and entities in the state. The specific character of these preparations conducted by the elements of the state defence system results from the fact that mostly they have an ideational character. It means that the range of these preparations performed in peacetime gains importance in situation of a real threat to the security of the state, during a mobilization and wartime. Therefore it is a sufficient reason for some decision-makers and society in our country not to appreciate the need of defence preparations of the state for wartime which for many people seems to be so distant and unrealistic. The timeless Vegetius’s sentence „Si vis pacem, para bellum” is then forgotten.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

bezpieczeństwo państwa; obronność; strategia bezpieczeństwa

EN

state security; defense; security strategy

• Wydawca: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe AON
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: nr 2(83)
• Strony: 496--515
• Opis fizyczny: rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kuliczkowski M.