Wars in Civilized Societies
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Wars in civilized societies have become ever more lethal and complex. A variety of specialties have looked at wars from different perspectives.
Historical Perspectives of WarA historical perspective, taught until recently in schools, has depicted kings and their wars as glorious markers in the progress of civilization.
Some have classified wars: Revolutions, uprisings, wars of independence, and civil wars were internal wars. External wars occurred between states and had different features: conquests such as by Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte; invasions by barbarians such as the Goths and Vandals; religious wars such as the Crusades and the Thirty Years' War; colonial wars, such as between Britain and India and the Anglo-Zulu wars.
Military history has examined tactics used to wage wars: from chariots in the early empires ...
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