Discipline in the Army Essay

In the period from the Tokugawa era to the post-WWII era, Japanese society saw a dramatic shift in the prevalence of Japanese militarism and the existence of the traditional Japanese war mentality. Deeply rooted in samurai culture, Japanese militarism served as a foundation for Japanese society throughout the Tokugawa era; the class system gave way to a ‘warrior-elite’ class that dominated the social hierarchy. This pervasive warrior-dominated culture persisted into the Meiji period. Japanese…

The field is often associated with finding lost tribes, understanding ancient civilizations, and the study of indigenous peoples. Its subject matter is both exotic and commonplace. I remembered When I was an undergraduate at the University of Addis Ababa , Ethiopia. Everyone worried about our future anthropology as a career. There are also people thinks and suggested that anthropology is a outlandishly mystical field without knowing about the subject. But what is anthropology mean exactly…

honorable Roman General who saved Rome through his sacrifices, obstacles, and transformation. Maximus sacrificed dearly through his life, losing his family, title, and freedom. He left his wife and son on his land in Trujillo to command the Northern armies under Cesar Marcus Aurelius. He gave of nearly 3 years of his life away from his beloved family to serve his country. Then, after winning the battle and Germania, Cesar Marcus Aurelius asked Maximus to take over his empire when he passed,…

most college students received deferments. The army was mostly composed of working-class whites and poor racial minorities. Blacks complained of having disproportionately higher casualty rates than white soldiers. And the military was not immune from domestic social and cultural changes. More and more soldiers wore peace and Black Power symbols, used drugs, refused orders, deserted, and assaulted and killed unpopular officers. The erosion in discipline convinced many high-ranking officers that…

in the military of sexual assault are getting discharged a couple of months after they file a complaint. Thompson gives an example of this in the beginning of the article when he talks about a woman named Emily Vorland. She was discharged from the Army after being sexually harassed after filing a complaint while she was deployed in Iraq. Vorland was discharged seven months after filing the complaint and she was denied six months “of free post-military health care” (Thompson, 1). Thompson…

The Prince is a quite the interesting book. Upon reading it, I believe I’ve gained a much better understanding on how rulers, whether those who inheritated or those who became so via conquest. What I found incredibly important is his distinction between the two types of rulers. One would be lead to believe that the only difference is the method in which they obtained power. However, what I believe the book did very well was explain the challenges and advantages each obtained. The Prince starts…

that he had an objective and aim, and so unlike the Whites, who's viewpoints were different in respect but had a similar end goal, where in shambles. Trotsky was an amazing mastermind and organised everything to perfection, He created the Red Army; discipline and order was a main advantage in the success of the Reds, especially proved as any sign of cowardice meant execution. This was completely what the Whites lacked, some of the divisions did have experienced military commanders, but the…

Lycurgus was known for the development of the Spartan army and this was the main focus in the city-state. In Lycurgus by Plutarch, it said, “as soon as they were seven years old they were enrolled in certain companies and classes, where they lived all under the same order and discipline… so that the whole course of their education as one continued exercise of a ready and perfect obedience”. The boys would leave their…

land away from them and forced the people to live elsewhere. He put them under his protection and offered the people great wealth if they were loyal to him. Another political strategy of Genghis Khan was that he decided he was not going to appoint his army generals because of family ties He was going to give titles to the people who were loyal and deserving (“Article”…

ship’s lights.” Sister Ella Tucker, Australian Army Nursing Service, Hospital Ship Gascon, off Gallipoli S ister Tucker’s account offers a different perspective to the more familiar image of the brave ‘natural soldiers’ who landed on a Gallipoli beach as volunteers of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) proudly fighting under their own flag for the very first time. With the landing of the Australian troops on 25 April 1915 the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (Anzac) legend was born.…