V monografii izlozheny naibolee znachimye istoricheskie i gosudarstvenno-pravovye aspekty, kasayushchiesya vozniknoveniya i razvitiya zakonodatel"stva o prestupleniyakh, sovershaemykh voennosluzhashchimi v voennoe vremya i v boevoy obstanovke, zatronuta problemy opredeleniya voennogo vremeni i boevoy obstanovki, otgranicheniya etikh ponyatiy ot skhozhikh, privedeny kharakternye osobennosti rodovogo sostava prestupleniy protiv voennoy sluzhby, sovershennykh v voennoe vremya i v boevoy obstanovke, izlozheny aktual"nye sotsial"nye, organizatsionnye i pravovye prichiny i usloviya prestupnosti voennosluzhashchikh v voennoe vremya i v boevoy obstanovke, vozmozhnye mery preduprezhdeniya etikh prestupleniy, a takzhe privedeny nekotorye predlozheniya po sovershenstvovaniyu ugolovnogo zakonodatel"stva po rassmatrivaemoy problematike. Na osnove privedyennykh v knige dannykh rassmatrivayutsya sovremennye problemy prestupnosti i ugolovnoy otvetstvennosti voennosluzhashchikh v voennoe vremya i v boevoy obstanovke. Kniga rasschitana na prakticheskikh rabotnikov razlichnykh organov voennoy yustitsii, komandnyy sostav voinskikh chastey, a takzhe na nauchnykh rabotnikov, prepodavateley, aspirantov i studentov, slushateley i kursantov yuridicheskikh i voennykh vuzov.