人民战争
人民战争是指反抗外来侵略或维护国家统一,武装和依靠广大人民群众,反映人民群众自身利益和意志的战争。“兵民是胜利之本”。以毛泽东为代表的中国共产党人,在长期的革命战争和军事实践中,全面发展马克思主义的人民战争理论,形成了具有中国特色的人民战争思想。信息化战争具有平战一体、前后方一体、军民一体的显著特点,实行人民战争具有广阔舞台。习近平指出,不论形势如何发展,人民战争这个法宝永远不能丢,要把握新的时代条件下人民战争的新特点新要求,创新内容和方式方法,充分发挥人民战争的整体威力。
People’s War
People’s war refers to confronting foreign aggression or safeguarding national unity by arming and relying on the people. It reflects the people’s resolve to protect their own interests.
The army and the people are the foundation of victory, and the concept that the people’s participation in a war ensures victory was developed by Chinese Communists represented by Mao Zedong during the long years of revolutionary wars. It enriches Marxist theory about people’s war, and is a doctrine unique to China. Informationized wars are characterized by the blurred lines between peacetime and wartime, war zone and rear area, and combatants and civilians, providing a wide stage for people’s war.
As Xi Jinping reaffirmed, we should never ditch our magic weapon that is people’s war, however the environment we find ourselves in changes. Instead we should tap its full potential in the new era by responding to new dynamics and new imperatives, and developing new techniques and tools and incorporating them in our people’s war strategy in an innovative manner.
