From Warriors To Soldiers

Military History is a discipline of the humanities that focuses on recording the armed conflicts of human history and their impact on societies, their cultures, economies and changes in international relations. It is not limited to the study of battles and wars, but is also interested in the evolution of materials, weaponry, tactics and strategy. It is composed of all those events in human history that can be considered as belonging to the category of generalized social conflicts. This can range from fights between two tribes, to wars between two organized armed forces, including at their maximum scale the world wars that affect the majority of the human population. Military activity has been a constant process for thousands of years, and the tactics, strategies and goals of military operations have remained basically unchanged over the millennia. For example, a notable military maneuver still studied today is the double wrap-around clip used by Hannibal Barca in the Battle of Cannas in 216 BC. - Some 2,200 years ago. That same maneuver was already described by the Chinese military theorist Sun Tzu, who wrote about the same time as the foundation of Rome, approximately 2,750 years ago, and 500 years before the Battle of Cannas.The main areas of military history include the history of wars, battles and combat, the history of military art and the history of each specific military service...