笔者在刚涉足军事历史研究这门科学的时候,一位从事军事历史研究工作的前辈就语重心长地告诉我:搞我们这一行,最基本的是抓好两头,一头是史料,一头是马克思主义、毛泽东思想,也就是抓理论。搜集和积累史料,提高马克思主义、毛泽东思想的理论修养,是军事历史研究工作者的两大基本功。这是经验之谈,抓住了历史研究工作最重要、最根本的问题。在我们这个历史悠久的文明国度里,对历史研究工作者的素质要求,早已形成了一些好的传统。在唐代,大历史学家刘知几就提出了历史工作者要有史才、史学、史识。到了清代,历史学家章学诚又提出了史德。马克思主义传入中国后,不仅改变了中国革命的面貌,而且 At a time when the author was involved in the science of military historical research, one predecessor who had been engaged in military history research said in solemn terms: At our most basic stage, we should pay close attention to both ends. One is historical materials, the other is Marxism. Mao Zedong Thought, that is, grasp the theory. Collecting and accumulating historical materials and raising the theoretical training of Marxism and Mao Zedong Thought are two basic functions of the researchers in military history. This is the talk of experience, which captures the most important and fundamental issue of historical research. In our country with a long history of civilization, some good traditions have long been formed on the qualifications of historians. In the Tang Dynasty, Liu Zhiji, a great historian, proposed that historians should have history, history and history. In the Qing Dynasty, historian Zhang Xuecheng put forward the virtue. When Marxism was introduced into China, it not only changed the face of the Chinese revolution, but also