Military history by topic

that Rome fought against themselves between the military and the political systems. He brings the history of Rome to life by starting in the early stages of just a city in the Italian peninsula and ending with the fall of once the greatest empire in the world. Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History provides its readers with the history of Rome that is known and also with the history of Rome that seems to be behind the scenes in our history textbooks. With the title Mackay gives the…

Identification and Evaluation of Sources The purpose of this investigation is to answer the question: To what extent did the military tactics and empire-building strategies of Alexander the Great influence the culture and later rulers of Europe? This source is a video about Alexander the Great from Youtube, a video sharing website, that is part of the Crash Course World History video series. It was produced by author John Green and written by historian Raoul Mayer. Since the script is written…

Topic: “Military differences of ancient civilizations.” This research essay would be a comparison on the differences in military tactics, weapons, and famous units of the ancient Greeks and Persians. Scholarly Books: Connolly, Peter. The Greek Armies. London: Macdonald Educational, 1979. Peter Connolly writes about the different Greek armies in areas such as tactics, the wars they fought, and their weapons. This will be extremely useful to my essay as I’m sure there is a lot of information…

this week’s article summary, the required reading material was an article that gave a detailed overview of the 6.5 x 55 Swede. The article was divided into sections that included history, Walter Bell and the 6.5 Mannlicher Schoenauer, performance, factory ammunition, and hand loading. The article began with a detailed history of the 6.5 x 55 Swede. The article states that during the muzzle loading era the most common calibers were 17mm and 18mm. But due to new technologies of the brass casing…

Getting Away with Murder Although private military cooperation, or PMCs, are significantly more effective than standard organized national military forces that they originate from, the growing international concern about how these group behave in the midst of conflict might very well lead to their downfall. The reason that these groups are so lethal and cause such a high degree of apprehension, is that their loyalty, for the most part, goes out to the highest bidder, which tends to be the…

World War II, one of the most renown, deadliest wars ever been recorded in history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths. Prompt by Adolf Hitler’s invasion in Poland, in 1939, lasted for six years and ended when the Allies defeated the Nazi’s Germany, and the use of nuclear weapons by the United States to end its conflict with Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki). Theirs still different appositions as to if World War I was the leading…

new laws being enacted in the military and the ever present possibility of conflict, a relatively dormant topic has emerged, the Selective Service and the military draft. As with any emerging topic, differing opinions towards the issue have risen, Economists tend to argue that the agency “captures people who would prefer to be doing something else and forces them to bear the cost of national defense disproportionately by working for a submarket wage”(Applebaum), military officials lean towards…

and questions. The source provides important dates for as to when some rights were actually legalized in other countries. Another important detail in the site is the “Did You Know?” list; which provides a few more facts on the topic of Gay Rights. Http://www.history.com/topics/harvey-milk The second source; which is about Harvey Milk, is connected to our…

they assumed that both nations would try to take over. Military factors did a very big impact on the Cold War. It was only caused because they both feared spheres of influence and ideologies expanding. Spheres of influence, ideology, and military factors were the main preventions of the Cold War. The main causes of the Cold War in 1947, were conflicts between spheres of influence, ideology, and military…

Canaan, a small piece of land barely larger than the state of New Jersey, has been fought over for thousands of years. What made this tiny strip of land so valuable was its military strategic value, for it was the gateway to the continents of Asia and Africa. Not only that, whoever controlled Canaan also had control of the lucrative trade routes that crisscrossed the terrain, making the land of Canaan a vital land bridge for crossing armies and goods. While Canaan attracted many major powers,…