The term military thought (also military science) came into common use in the mid-18th century, initially in distinction from warcraft, to emphasize the claim of a scientific approach to warfare (War), a claim made by the protagonists of a new kind of officer training, that had been influenced by the Enlightenment[5]. Subsequently the totality of an officer’s duties became the normative guideline for a system of military specialties [7].
A heuristic definition was developed at the end of the 19th ce…