Trudności związane z pisaniem biografii wybitnych postaci z kręgów wojskowych
Problems in writing biographies of the military

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses problems to deal with when writing biographies of prominent figures from armed forces. Starting with a statement that military sources are very specific and taking into account their relatively unified origin (all are created by the military) and topic (all issues related to armed forces) an essential division should be introduced at the very beginning. Military sources can be divided into (A) peaceful time sources and (B) conflict time sources (armed forces at their active stage during wars, preparations to war, riots, etc.). The article suggests some methods and sources for writing military biographies and also points out the necessity to include the motives guiding particular actions, i.e. why those people chose to act that way though other ways were, or seemed to be, open. The author also emphasises the necessity to employ methods from personality psychology.

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