Alexander Svechin is a prominent theorist of military art, one of the largest strategists of the beginning of the 20th century, an era in the formation of the Russian military tradition. The book covers the period from antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century. The author builds a single line of development of military art and reveals the main stages of the formation of the strategy using the examples of the largest battles of antiquity, the Middle Ages, modern and modern times. The book is accompanied by rich illustrative material (more than 100 diagrams and tables). The book is addressed to students and teachers of higher educational institutions that train managerial personnel, political scientists, historians, sociologists, etc., as well as for students and teachers of higher military educational institutions.