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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cndcgs</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2538-8959</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2669-2023</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">140_SIMKO</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47459/cndcgs.2026.140</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Multidimensional Approach to Teaching Military History in the Armed Forces Academy of General M. R. Stefanik</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>ŠIMKO</surname>
            <given-names>Juraj</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:juraj.simko@aos.sk">juraj.simko@aos.sk</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_000">Security and Defence Department, Armed Forces Academy of General M. R. Štefánik, Slovakia</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>GUBÁŠ</surname>
            <given-names>František</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_001">Security and Defence Department, Armed Forces Academy of General M. R. Štefánik, Slovakia</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>MAJCHÚT</surname>
            <given-names>Ivan</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_002">Security and Defence Department, Armed Forces Academy of General M. R. Štefánik, Slovakia</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>2026</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>1206</fpage>
      <lpage>1211</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>14</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <permissions>
        <license license-type="open-access">
          <license-p>Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY)</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>This article focuses on describing and providing a basic overview of approaches to teaching military history at the Armed Forces Academy. Based on a content analysis of the curriculum and literature devoted to history, authors offer insight into selected approaches to teaching historical subjects. They describe three fundamental theoretical approaches through which history can be taught. They examine the differences between these approaches as well as their potential integration, which may help expand students’ ability to understand the various stages of the historical development of warfare. Authors analyze selected theoretical approaches, namely the chronological approach, the four generations of warfare approach, and the civilization waves approach. They outline their main characteristics and attributes. By combining these approaches in teaching, it is possible to help students develop a more comprehensive understanding of historical development within the process of training a professional soldier.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>military education</kwd>
        <kwd>history</kwd>
        <kwd>generations of war</kwd>
        <kwd>civilisations waves</kwd>
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