Military Revolution

Military Drones are one of the most controversial new technologies. One reason is that drones are used to bomb military target. These are unmanned drone that target suspected targets. One of the latest downfalls from this technology is that they bombed women and children. The intelligence was wrong and innocent people were killed. The American people need to take on the government and say that this wrong. Drones were invented to be an intelligence gather for the war but it brought on by social…

Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz wrote one of the most influential works of military philosophy called On War. Clausewitz’s family was in the middle class but in 1827 King Friedrich Wilhelm III confirmed the family’s nobility. Clausewitz was in the Prussian army and first starting fighting when he was thirteen. Prussia ended up withdrawing from the French Revolution which left Clausewitz bored. Because Clausewitz was bored, he picked up an interest for art, science, and education which had…

publically commanded and controlled proved to be colossal. As a publically funded and commanded army, the overall strength, discipline, logistics, morale, and public acceptance increased and proved to be successful for Napoleon. During the French Revolution, a transition took places shifting armies from a dynastic, private entity to a public institution. The transferal…

George Washington’s role of commander in the American revolution proved to be quite important. When he assumed this role, Washington had very little experience in the military field at all. So how is that that he was successful? George Washington was a strong leader because, despite his little experience, he lead America to independence. On the twenty second of February, 1732, George Washington was born. Forty three years later he would become commander in chief of all Continental forces.…

Foucault’s book Discipline and Punish, he writes of the dramatic increase in military effectiveness as a result of changes in the methods of discipline. These changes “increases the skill of each individual, coordinates these skills, accelerates movements, increases fire power, broadens the fronts of attack without reducing their vigour, increases the capacity for resistance” (210). Foucault also states that before these changes, military discipline was merely a device used as a means of…

War is an underlying event that happens throughout history for various reasons. Whether it be an assassination, a rise of a revolution within a country, a meager argument between two settings, or a simple secluded alliance that can deceive the other at any chance, a war is bound to happen. Let’s begin with the definition of a world war. This type of specific kind of warfare occurs when major first world countries go into battle because of a formidable change that occurs or a threat of…

on their farms. This organization was not the regular militia, many of which were Tories. Revolutionary leaders wanted to eliminate Tories from the old militia. They were always prepared, being that they were self trained in most aspects of their military strategies. They were extremely mobile, and could bring their special tactics as an immediate response, as quick as a minute’s notice. The Minutemen filled the position of a strong, reliable army that was needed in the colonies during the time…

The Lasting Influence of Carl von Clausewitz’s On War The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars changed the political landscape of Europe. Universal conscription allowed for the massive growth of armies, and it became imperative for nations to study military planning and strategy in order to consider the political and logistical aspects of war in a more effective manner. As a result a veritable renaissance of military writings and philosophies began to populate intellectual circles…

harm or create a disadvantage for people. Neoliberalism is a key part of causing structural violence. In Haiti, this concept causes the impoverished communities to lack in agency, resort to risky behaviours, and endure the tyranny of the powerful military men. The result of structural violence is an increase in health disparities and untimely deaths among Haitians. In Paul Farmer’s Pathologies of Power, Acephie Joseph and Chouchou Louis are victims of structural violence in Haiti caused by…

Firstly, there is the limits of plastic persuasion. Individuals are more likely to comply with ideas that converge with their prior beliefs about the world (Magagna 09/06). Conscripts may be plastic enough to be persuaded but training in military has to align their their preexisting beliefs. Secondly, compliance with authority is not automatic so it must positive inceptives must be applied (Magagna 09/06). Human motivation can lead to non compliance and non compliance. Third, is that there…