前言
当今世界正经历百年未有之大变局,国际防务格局深度演进,军事科技日新月异,作战理念随防务格局和新兴科技发展不断迭代更新。新形势对军队院校培养未来军官的批判性军事思维和战略性防务视野提出了更高要求。对新型军事人才而言,从战争理论到作战实践,系统掌握世界防务发展动态,既是 知彼 之急需,更是 知己 之镜鉴。英文军事文献作为观察世界防务动向、了解前沿发展的 第一信源,其阅读与研究已成为培养具备国际视野与战略思维的新型军事人才不可或缺的环节。
本教材面向军队院校高阶军事英语教学需求,以 思辨英语 理念为牵引,将多视角、多时间维度等批判性阅读思路深度融入内容设计,按专题遴选权威语料,精心编撰而成。选材兼顾语言精准性、内容时新性与思辨深切度,旨在激发学习兴趣,培养持续跟踪国际军事防务动态的习惯,不断提升批判性阅读和思维能力。
本教材主要特色如下:
一、阅读广度与思辨深度并举。教材定位为本科高阶或研究生军事英语阅读教材,内容既涉及传世军事思想和经典战役,也涵盖新兴军事科技和作战理念,有助于拓宽未来军官的军事视野,提升英文军事文献的批判性阅读素养,助力高水平军事专业人才培育。
二、内容时新与可读性并重。除军事理论和经典战役外,教材其余内容紧扣当今军事防务发展动态、装备科技前沿热点。语料多选自近年公开发表的前沿热点分析报告、研究论文和评论文章等,内容新,视角多,语言地道,可读性强。
三、体例与版式设计提升学习体验。正文侧栏附生词速查,文后配置军事术语、专有名词双语释义,并辅以原版文章链接,既降低阅读负荷,又拓展延伸,提升研习效率。
四、思辨导向与批判阅读并臻。各篇选文立场仅代表原作者个人观点。编者在 编者按 中详述文章来源、核心要义及思辨切入点,引导学员在比较、质疑与印证中形成独立判断,实现由 读语言 向 读战场 跃升。
由于时间仓促,编者水平有限,本教材难免有疏漏之处,敬请广大师生批评指正。
编 者
2025 年 11 月
Contents
Unit 1 Military Theory
TEXT A The Art of War
TEXT B What is War?
TEXT C Comparing The Art of War and On War
Unit 2 Operation Concepts
TEXT A Understanding Hybrid warfare
TEXT B Mosaic Warfare
TEXT C Hybrid Warfare: A Dramatic Example of Conceptual Stretching
Unit 3 National Defense and Military Strategies
TEXT A Writing a Defense Strategy that Sticks
TEXT B Trump 2.0 as a positive shock for the European Union: Will a single European army emerge?
TEXT C The North Pole Heats Up
Unit 4 Military Education and Training
TEXT A Professional Military Education (PME): Challenges and Perspectives
TEXT B The Construction of Multi-Capable Airmen (MCA)
TEXT C The Full Sensory Experience: Welcome to the Future of Military Training
Unit 5 Military Equipment and Technology (I)
TEXT A Hypersonic Weapons and Strategic Stability
TEXT B AI in Warfare: The Future of Combat
TEXT C A Solution for USAF to Win in Future WarfareCollaborative Combat Aircraft
Unit 6 Military Equipment and Technology (II)
TEXT A The Role of the Space Domain in the Russia-Ukraine War
TEXT B The Future of Quantum Technology in Military Cybersecurity
TEXT C How Nanotechnologies are Shaping the Future of Warfare
Unit 7 Military Logistics
TEXT A Combat Logistics in the Twenty-first Century
TEXT B The Militarys Next Mission? Reinvent Logistics
TEXT C Insights on CCA Logistics Risks and Potential Mitigation Actions
Unit 8 Typical Battles
TEXT A Americas Air War in Europe
TEXT B Beyond the Drone Hype: Unpacking Nagorno-Karabakhs Real Lessons
TEXT C The Battle of Stalingrad
Appendix
Glossary