“Military Revolution” or “Military Evolution”? Perspectives on the Debate in Military Historiography

„Военна революция“ или „Военна еволюция“? Проблеми на дебата във военната историография

Известия на Института за исторически изследвания, том 41, 2025, с. 553‒561.
Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 41, 2025, p. 553‒561.
ISSN: 2367-5187 (print), 2815-2913 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71069/III41.25.SA32

Aleksandar Stoyanov / Александър Стоянов

Institute for Historical Studies / Институт за исторически изследвания - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences / Българска академия на науките
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3834-0700

Summary: For over sixty years, the Military Revolution debate has provoked scholars worldwide to define the nature of military transformations during the Early Modern era. The following article describes how the Military Evolution debate fits in the modern concepts of ‘decolonizing’ history and how an evolutionary approach might better fit the trajectory of human development over the turbulent period of the Early Modern era.

Keywords: Military, Revolution, Evolution, Early Modern, Warfare

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