The crisis of military thought experienced by us takes place in the West, only, perhaps, not in such acute forms. Ludendorff, Hindenburg, Bernhardi make an attempt to overestimate the very foundations of the country's preparation for war. They put economics and politics first. But no one is so attentive and so detailed as Gasquan does not dwell on the dependence of tactics and methods of training command personnel on the state of industry and technological achievements. The main feature of the proposed work is that its author deals a severe blow to "military Hegelianism," which puts the spirit in the first place. The notorious spirit and offensive doctrine, according to Gasquan, often stopped where it was not enough... several kilometers of wire and generally material resources.