Military history

Military history has had it up and down throughout the years depending on who you are talk to about it. It has always be popular it with the public who are not scholar for a living, but in academic world it is not as popular as it is public. Before getting on what current state of military history need to know the historiography of the military history and how it effect how military is seen in today. The historiography of the military history has change over the years from the starter of military. At the beginning with Ancient times military history was more about what kings had done in battle especially with complex society that had some kind of written language like Egypt and Mayan Mesoamerica . It was not like history is today. It was more give the ruler instruction on how to rule or strength the ruler reputation. The Greek were the first to write about…

The history of military robotics dates back to World War II and the Cold War. During those times of spying, weaponry and strategic attacks, these robots were in the form of Germany’s type of robotics and Russian weaponry called “teletanks”. It originated combined with a radio controlled boat intended to use by the military from Nicola Tesla. As the Soviets had created the teletanks, they were modified to be controlled by the radio signals. Weather conditions made it pretty tough to use, but…

Sun Tzu, unlike Antoine-Henri Jomini, thought of military leaders as artists, not scientists. The battlefield was always evolving and the enemy does not always react the same way. A good military leader must have the ability to react to the enemy. Clausewitz wrote: Today, there is a common saying that the no battle plan survives contact with the enemy, which is consistent with Clausewitz’ and Sun Tzu’s theory. The most effective military leaders are ones with experience, but most…

more than 20,00 people were dead by the end of the days battle. James Willbanks called this “the blackest day in British military history”. Woodrow Willson thought that because of the many plans that were set into motion during the war did work as well armies had hoped, that they would turn to weaponry like the machine gun to create to mass amounts of killings. Because of this, the result was the reduction of armaments to put an end to mass amounts of deaths. Woodrow Willson’s fourth point from…

When one looks to the sky what does one see; is it a bird, a plane. No its not superman as yesterday’s story goes, today the story changes to it’s a drone. Whether it is military or civilian version these machines seem to be the small icon in the far distance being pointed in the sky across the world. Tomorrow you might see your pizza delivery person as a drone dropping off your hot, fresh pepperoni Pizza, no tip required. As the technology grows the use of drones in military and civilian use…

The essence of security sector reform especially in the military according to Dun and Tar were to change institutional norms, support professionalism, advance resource utilisation and operational effectiveness (on the side of the military), better policy management (on the side of civil authorities), in consonant with accountability and respect for human rights and international law and involving inputs from a variety of stakeholders and actors (Dunn, and Tar, 2008: 23). Effective post…

as fighting. These fight usually accour on the ability to win over someone ease turf or by defining your own property by intruders. As we all know it War is a condition of open and announced, threatening furnished clash between states or countries. The ascent of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamist activist gathering that has grabbed a piece of area extending from northern Syria to focal Iraq, has struck apprehension into the hearts of pioneers the world over. However is U.S…

nature of colonial rule and the messy process of independence.” Most African countries experienced growth right after gaining freedom from colonial powers. Regardless, lack of sustainable government processes and improper management of social institutions led to the decline of growth levels “recording historically low rates during the 1970s” (Cilliers and Schunemann, 2013). An estimated 20 per cent of people in sub-Saharan live in countries experiencing intra-state conflict, with the continent…

with the sense of becoming more knowledgeable of the “man’s world”. The fact that women developed new skills allowed them to be more independent and marketable once they returned to their “normal” life outside the military. Many women…

Language, when used to manipulate, can solely cause war. Language can be used to manipulate others for the purpose of political change to the point of war. In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, the power of language is represented by the use of strong language by characters to persuade others to follow them. Manipulation of the senators to kill Caesar and the manipulation of the plebeians, to the point of revolt leads to the unleashing of civil war. Cassius shows how figurative language…