Background/Overview Maneuver warfare is a theory that arose as a reaction to the traditional concept of warfare as a conflict of attrition, in which two armies mass forces in order to take some key objective. Maneuver warfare seeks to bypass the costly and often inconclusive results of attrition-based action by...
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The Vietnam War led to social upheavals in the 1960s. Many individuals chose to speak out against the United States’ participation in the war. One of these was the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. While he hesitated at first to speak out, he later chose to break his silence. In...
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The following paper evaluates the influence of Geoffrey Parker’s theory ‘The Western Way of Wars’ is regards to the current military conflicts the US is engaged in with Iraq and Afghanistan. To these ends the following paper will be divided up into three sections. First, section 1 concentrates on explain...
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In the past few years, there has been an upsurge of armed conflicts that have involved both the state and non-state actors globally. There have been various conflicts in the past, but some are still ongoing such as the civil war in Syria that started six years ago, Iraq and...
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 8, 1941, the United States entered in the World War II (WWII). Active duty was served mostly by men, but for the first time women were also granted the right to serve. Wartime measures went into effect immediately, so all factories and...
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The end of World War II was supposed to represent a flowering of freedom. Instead, democracy and liberty found themselves snuffed out by the influence of the Soviet Union. While Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan lay in ruins and their victims freed, a new terror was to descend...
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The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) was a major event in the history of the Middle Ages and the longest military conflict in the history of Europe. The war broke out between England and France and contributed to shaping the identities of these countries. The significant consequences of the Hundred Years...
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