Complications in early modern cultural understandings of the material aspects of militant nostalgia. Remembering Rome, Performing Rome...
Warfare
Through military force and unprincipled diplomacy, the EIC managed to pull off victory after victory. Introduction The East...
Nothing brings to life another era like the chance to handle, wear, or wield the physical objects...
The Civil War experiences of black sailors overlapped with and diverged from those of white sailors. Given...
Rome against the Parthian Empire, which was immense with a considerable income of its own. Introduction Psychological...
The world community might just possess enough wisdom and determination to pull it off. Although all wars...
Sherman knew that wars are part of human nature and are unavoidably cruel and harsh. Introduction It...
Weapons manufacturers profiting from endless wars should be held accountable for criminal activity. Days after a U.S....
Being a teenager in L.A. during World War II meant blackouts, rations, and B-17 bombers. That Sunday,...
He came home from the war to find that discrimination against Latinos had not abated during his...
The group helped draft legislation for education and job programs, and assisted veterans with post-war health care....
The use of the military phalanx formation in Ancient Greece, the Hellenistic world, and other ancient states....
The cavalry charged at the enemy army from multiple directions in an attempt to divert attention and...
A muster or military rendezvous, called a “wapinschaw” (a weapon show) was held at least twice a...
Even nomadic hunter-gatherers engaged in deliberate mass killings 10,000 years ago. Skulls smashed by blunt force, bodies...
War is a cultural phenomenon that occurs with the emergence of more complex societies in particular. Waging...
Examining the dimensional aspects of intentionality, motivation, symbolism, communication, and performance. Introduction The scientific and systematic integration...
Since antiquity people have harnessed sound as a weapon, and the practice continues – in new high-tech...
The earliest examples of surviving mail were found at a burial in Slovakia dated to the 3rd...
Partial plate armour, which protected the chest and the lower limbs, was used as early as the...
The conquistadors of the 15th and 16th centuries were the vanguards of the Portuguese and Spanish empires....
The First World War was the first war in which the mass media played a significant part....
The British establishment blamed the close loss on an Irish horse. This is the case for the...
The earliest cannon inscribed with a date of manufacture is a bronze cannon dated to 1298. Introduction...
The knowledge of making “true” firearms in the archipelago came after the middle of the 15th century....
The earliest references to grenade-throwing soldiers in Western armies come from Austria and Spain. Introduction A grenadier[1] was originally...
Torsion engines were used to provide covering fire while the attacking army was assaulting a fortification. Overview...
With volley firing, the arquebus went from being a support weapon to the primary focus of most...
Wound care and medicine itself, as well as dealing with trauma, varied widely from one culture to...
Ancient Athenians and Romans also let shared mass tragedies propel justifications for going to war. Introduction On...