The difference between prehistoric and ancient warfare is more organization oriented than technology oriented. Introduction Ancient warfare...
Warfare
The loss caused a great shock in Rome and effectively stopped Roman expansion beyond the Rhine River....
The Middle Ages saw the emergence of the castle in Europe, which then spread to Western Asia....
We get our English word for poison or toxin form the Greek word toxikon. By Thomas J....
Flaminius was in such a rush to catch the invaders that he failed to set up proper...
Private companies are rushing to put thousands of small, inexpensive satellites in orbit, but low costs and...
The People’s Liberation Army is aiming to become the dominant force in the Asia-Pacific. The Chinese government...
Submarines played a major role in Word War I. But the first submersible was actually used, though...
They formed the king’s personal bodyguard and were also considered the shock troops of the infantry in...
Training for the army began at the age of 15 (five for Persian nobility). Introduction The ancient...
The came about, at least in part, due to the dynamics in the relationship between three forceful...
In mythology, the Amazons were daughters of Ares, the god of war. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction In...
Horses were not used for transport, ploughing, warfare or any other practical human activity until quite late...
In 1918, the Marine Corps began investigating how the integration of women would take place. By Kenna...
Ultimately, the Mongols would establish the largest empire the world had ever seen. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction...
If they washed out, they had to pay their own way home. If they were injured or...
Mr. Trump’s ‘America First’ approach has emboldened others backed by Russia and China. Brinkmanship may be his...
The collapse of the Cold War–era nuclear arms treaty signals trouble for U.S.-Russia relations, European security, and...
It’s long past time for a reckoning. When, in his farewell address in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned...
Discussing the role of animals in transport, logistics, cavalry and communications in the First World War. Introduction...
Information is being twisted or completely made up, and fighting it is no easy task. But we...
As a result of the need to exchange information faster and more efficiently, telecommunications advanced rapidly. As...
It was the first stage in the liberation of western Europe and a major step towards the...
Their experiences and memories—in oral histories, interviews, as well as in fiction and film—challenge the narrative of...
Missiles that fly 3,000 mph or faster – much faster than the speed of sound – are...
Developments forced a dramatic transformation in the character of warfare from antiquity, changing tactics, weaponry, and fortifications....
The Battle of Zama not only ended the Second Punic War, it also established the Roman army...
Private contractors are particularly well-suited to slip between jurisdictions, because they don’t typically have a fixed employee...
The absence of a glorification of war in China was largely due to Confucian philosophy and literature....
Political and spiritual progenitors of a thermonuclear war – World War III. Abstract Recently, two powerful personalities...