The British Merchant steamer Foochow threaded its way through the narrow and shallow entrance of Port Arthur harbor on the morning of February 8, 1904. On its passenger list was Mizuno Kokichi, the Japanese consul in Cheefoo, a Chinese port on the Shantung Peninsula ninety miles away.
The Army and Vietnam offers a powerful and critical analysis of the United States Army’s failure during the Vietnam War. Andrew F. Krepinevich argues that the defeat was not primarily due to tactical mistakes or lack of resources, but rather to the institutional culture and doctrinal mindset of the U.S. Army itself. The Army approached Vietnam as if it were a conventional war, when in reality…
Buku The Landmark Xenophon’s Hellenika adalah edisi modern dan beranotasi dari karya sejarah klasik Yunani Hellenika yang ditulis oleh Xenophon, seorang murid Socrates sekaligus prajurit dan sejarawan. Buku ini merupakan lanjutan langsung dari karya Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, dan mencakup periode sejarah Yunani dari 411 hingga 362 SM, yaitu masa penuh gejolak setelah perang…
the term major operation is used in the us military to make a clear distinction between an operation aimed at an operational objective and one involving almost any scale and type of employment of combat forces, including logistic and training