★★ Theodore Dodge wrote in his tome, Gustavus Adolphus, that the Thirty Years War did not have grand tactics. He was not alone in that belief. Dodge served in the American Civil War and studied Napoleon's campaigns, as well as those of the 17th Century. In order to grasp this statement, we must define Grand Tactics.... Continua a leggere →
★★ È un periodo della storia molto importante ma spesso trascurato, in cui vari imperi europei stavano iniziando a emergere e combattevano molte guerre l'uno contro l'altro. Mentre l'era moderna è spesso vista in una luce molto positiva a causa dello sviluppo tecnologico durante questo periodo e del progresso che è stato raggiunto, questo periodo... Continua a leggere →
★★★ On three occasions between 1593 and 1637, the incumbent rulers of Japan gave serious consideration to sending military expeditions against the Spanish rulers of the Philippines. None of these proposed invasions ever set sail, but an examination of the plans made and the reasons they were not put into effect sheds considerable light on... Continua a leggere →
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