Vestnik of Samara State Technical University. Series PhilosophyVestnik of Samara State Technical University. Series Philosophy2658-77502782-4268Самарский государственный технический университет82887Research ArticleTHE STRATEGY OF INDIRECT APPROACH LIDDELL HART: ATTEMPTED THE INVENTION OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPT BY MEANS OF MILITARY THEORYStepanovI. V.stivan1981@mail.ruSamara State Technical University150620191112512808102021Copyright © 2019, Stepanov I.V.2019The article analyzes the views of the outstanding British military theorist Basil Liddell Garth. Special attention is paid to the criticism of philosophical conceptualization of the term "indirect actions". Transformation of the term into a universal principle applicable to all the activities is being criticized.warindirect actionsstrategistprophetвойнанепрямые действиястратегпророк[Кревельд М. ван. Трансформация войны. - М.: Альпина Бизнес Букс, 2005. - 344 с.][Лиддел Гарт Б. Стратегия непрямых действий / Пер. Б. Червякова, И. Козлова, Б. Любимова. - М.: Эксмо; СПб.: Мидгард, 2008. - 464 с.][Степанов И.В. Введение в философию войны. - Саарбрюкен: LAMBERT, 2016. - 262 с.]