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New Technology and the Civil War

because the railroad was so relatively new, there was a great deal of chaos in trying to coordinate such efforts. The man power wa...

Armor Development

broke down and even when they were working, "were not capable of performing on a real battlefield" (Tank history, 2004). French ...

Development of Tank Warfare During the First and Second World Wars

The War Office of Britain placed their first order, which consisted of 150 of these machines, but the production was actually spre...

Modern Technology and the U.S. Civil War

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...

Warfare Changes from 1776 to 1918

more technological advances and inventions. With technological advances prior to the Civil War things in the field of warf...

Information Overview on the Roman Contributions

perhaps the first urban planners, and cities became the hub or "centers of trade and commerce" (Roth, 1993). City dwellers reside...

Evolution of Submarine Warfare Between 1776 and 1918

in the U.S. Revolution, 2004). It was egg shaped and was propelled by two hand-cranked propellers. One propeller was for...

Modern Warfare and WMD Justification

was not going to tolerate anything like this battle again, finding itself compelled to drill this fact home to the Japanese. "If ...

Seapower, Artillery and Their Importance to Warfare in 1492 and 1815

"expansionist policies required France to develop a naval force which could challenge the world -- particularly the fleets...

Masculine Image and Warfare

towards the existing stereotype, and the purpose of this paper will be to demonstrate this bias and retrenchment of the masculine ...

Pressfield's Gates of Fire

the often did not take part in battles. It was assumed that the homefront was theirs to protect while the men moved forward. As...

March 9, 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads and its Importance

USS Monitor is heralded as "the most famous of all American warships" largely because of its rotating turret, but in early March o...

Machine Guns and Warfare

employ the use of the new technology in the battle of Petersburg in Virginia(Bellis 2003). Interestingly enough, the inventor of ...

Contemporary Manifestations of Terrorism

indoctrinate, train, and reward the individuals, but they do not seek out depressed or mentally disturbed people to go on their m...

Comparing Poems about War to Beowulf

it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...

Warfare Turning Point, The Tet Offensive

the action was the straw that broke the Camels back. In fact, not only was it a turning point for the Vietnam conflict, but if one...

Free Market, Division of Labor, and Class Warfare

was limited in size in capitalist nations and the one from which most members had hope of escape were they able to work for their ...

Arguementative Essay on Smallpox Inoculations

Category A biologic agent are those that are easily disseminated among a population, as these agents are typically contagious, whi...

Observations in History, Nationalism, and Military Strategy and Technology

measuring stick against which all the answers to all the questions could be compared to see if they measured up. Not only was sci...

"Gawain and the Greek Knight"/"Wife of Bath's Tale"

face" (lines 444-445)("Sir Gawain" 229). The head then warns Gawain not to forget their agreement, which is that Gawain will submi...

The Changing View of Warfare

First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...

The Changing Nature of War

been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...

Military Operations and IT

easily by insiders (Shaw, Ruby and Post, 1998). In the second case described above, the enlisted man was a convicted hacker to who...

September 1942's Operation TORCH

most significant challenges is to determine whether or not the TORCH operation was developed to achieve the central directives of ...

Operational Art and the Battle of Leyte Gulf

"how should the resources of the joint force be applied to accomplish that sequence of action" (the means) (Overview of operationa...

Classical Theorists, Modern Warfare, and the 20th/21st Century

in populations, the increase in the complexity of players in any given war, and the evolution of humanity overall. In all honesty ...

The Impact of Napoleon on the Art and Science of War

the art and science of war, and also in operational art as he was capable of planning and executing campaigns which achieved "stra...

All Quiet on the Western Front & Iraq

by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...

Clausewitz and Modern Warfare in Afghanistan

bring him to the point that he is no longer a threat. The country with the best resources, i.e. the country that has structured i...

Mead on Warfare

that the tendency to engage in wars is a human invention, and that the inevitable result of innate human tendencies or instincts. ...