For the first time, a work on the historiography of Soviet military history is published here. It was prepared by the team of authors of the Institute of Military History of the USSR Ministry of Defense, headed by a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Lieutenant General P. A. Zhilin. On the basis of rich factual material, the book analyzes the main problems of historiography of the military-historical science of the USSR, the formation and development of military-historical thought at different stages of the construction of the Armed Forces of our country both in peacetime and in wartime. The essay gives a brief description of the main problems of the military history of foreign states. The book is designed for military readers, teachers of military schools, historians,