THE RELEVANCE OF MILITARY HISTORY TO THE TEACHING OF MODERN WARFARE By Captain David B Snodgrass‚ US Army (Published with the permission of Defence Services Command and Staff College‚ Mirpur (Dhaka) Bangladesh) Throughout history‚ modernists have questioned the relevance of military history. With the rapid evolution of technological change in the post-industrial era and the emergence of new missions for military professionals‚ the question of relevance is more salient than ever. This study
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The Modern Warfare The modern man has created a paramilitary world in which a new form of culture has emerged. In James William Gibson’s essay Warrior Dreams‚ he discusses the idea of an energized culture whose main objective is to fit the “warrior” persona. The appearance of this warrior persona “revealed that at some deep‚ unconscious level….the images and tales from the mythic world of warriors and wars still shape men’s fantasies about who they are as men” (633). Men create an image in which
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Profound Theories and the Relevance to Modern Warfare and Strategy October 31‚ 2010 Clausewitz has been referred to by many as a true visionary in regards to strategy and warfare. One of Clausewitz’s goals was to create some sort of sound theory that would not only be relevant to the current time period‚ but would also be a source of reference for years to come. Though Clausewitz’s succeeded in providing an overarching concept of warfare and strategy‚ many feel that his ideas are
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THE RELEVANCE OF SHORTHAND IN MODERN OFFICE OPERATIONS For the effective discharge of their duties‚ professional secretaries must have a mastery of the basic office skills. These skills include Shorthand‚ type writing etc. of all these skills‚ shorthand happens to the most important and most challenging of all. But in secretarial departments of most tertiary institutions‚ most students believed that secretaries no longer write shorthand in business offices with theinvention and installation of
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Overview Chemical Warfare is using the chemical properties of a substance to your advantage during war. This has been going on for centuries. Even the most basic forms of weapons were used. People have been putting poison on the end of their spears and arrows since they have been around. Over the years‚ it has also developed into much more advanced chemistry. In this article‚ I am going to focus on the more advanced‚ modern uses of chemical warfare in World War I and World War II. World War
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science kept itself aloof from warfare. It was not until the Chinese invented the gun-power that science became an active and powerful associate of war. It is curious that the gun-power was invented for a very innocent and harmless purpose to be used in firecrackers. The evil nature of man‚ however‚ soon began to misuse the gun-power for destructive purposes. And in sheer disgust we speak ill of science for all those acts of cruelty. Endowed with tremendous power modern science is yoked to the chariots
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Modern Relevance of “The Birthmark” “The Birthmark” is a fable created by Hawthorne that conveys his viewpoint towards the use of science to contradict the laws of nature. The fable also includes commentary on the depiction of men and women in society‚ along with their presumed roles. Both of these themes in my opinion are even more relevant today than when the story was written. Hawthorne disapproves of science used as a tool to tamper with living beings‚ for they are not meant to be perfect
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apart from each other are mathematics and war. On one end‚ you have the utter violence and destructive and chaotic force that is war. Its main objectives are to kill people and destroy things‚ as well as ultimately bringing one nation’s or group’s military (or often times‚ their whole society) under the control of another. On the other hand there is mathematics‚ which‚ by contrast‚ would seem as a path of human achievement and enlightenment. Mathematics describes the world around us with a clean precision
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MODERN WARFARE A French View of Counterinsurgency by Roger Trinquier The views expressed in Modern Warfare are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense. COMBAT STUDIES INSTITUTE U.S. ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE FORT LEAVENWORTH‚ KANSAS January 1985 91-5016 MODERN WARFARE A French View of Counterinsurgency Roger Trinquier Translated from the French by DANIEL LEE With an Introduction by BERNARD B. FALL PALL MALL PRESS
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Relevance of Gandhi in Modern Times | | by Rajen Barua | | | Looking at the present state of affairs in India‚ the birthplace of Gandhi‚ one would probably surmise that Gandhism‚ whatever the term may mean‚ cannot have any relevance in modern times. Gandhi is called the Father of the Nation who‚ single handedly stood up against the mighty British Empire‚ without any arms‚ and brought her independence. However‚ today‚ just after 60 years of his assassination‚ Gandhi is remembered in India
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