The central categories of the military thought of the army commanders during the sacred defense period

This article seeks to identify the central categories of the military thought of the army commanders during the sacred defense period.in terms of type, the current research is applied-developmental and based on a qualitative approach with the foundation data method. According to the exploratory approach of the research in order to explain the military thought, all the contents and documents left by the army commanders during the sacred defense period, which were available, were examined and analyzed during three stages of coding (open, central and selective coding). By using open coding, the concepts related to each content were identified and identified, and after that, similar concepts emerged in a group of components, and by putting together several similar components, the categories of military thought of the army commanders during the Holy Defense era, which were Then, the central categories of the military thought of the commanders were divided, extracted and specified as follows. the main categories (opinions, thoughts and military experiences of army commanders during the holy defense period) are:The overall goal of the army commanders, to plan, implement and direct operations to defend the Islamic system, the people and the homeland, was achieved by all-round mobilization of the army's facilities in the land, air and sea fields in the following four stages:Blocking the movement of the aggressor, stabilizing the aggressor, liberating the occupied areas, pursuing and punishing the aggressor.