| Military history is composed of the
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| | service.
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| events in the history of humanity that
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| | There are a number of ways to categorize
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| fall within the category of conflict.
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| | warfare. One categorization is
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| This may range from a melee between two
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| | conventional versus unconventional, where
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| tribes to conflicts between proper
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| | Conventional warfare involves
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| militaries to a world war affecting the
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| | well-identified, armed forces fighting
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| majority of the human population.
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| | one another in a relatively open and
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| Military historians record (in writing or
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| | straightforward way without weapons of
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| otherwise) the events of military
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| | mass destruction. "Unconventional" refers
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| history.
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| | to other types of war which can involve
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| Military activity has been a constant
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| | raiding, guerrilla, insurgency, and
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| process over thousands of years, and the
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| | terrorist tactics or alternatively can
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| essential tactics, strategy, and goals of
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| | include nuclear, chemical, or biological
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| military operations have been unchanging
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| | warfare.
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| throughout history. As an example one
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| | All of these categories usually fall into
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| notable maneuver is the double
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| | one of two broader categories: High
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| envelopment, considered to be the
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| | intensity and low intensity warfare. High
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| consummate military maneuver, executed by
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| | intensity warfare is between two
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| Hannibal in the Battle of Cannae in 216
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| | superpowers or large countries fighting
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| BC - over 2,200 years ago. This same
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| | for political reasons. Low intensity
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| maneuver was also described by the
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| | warfare involves counterinsurgency,
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| Chinese military theorist Sun Tzu, who
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| | guerilla warfare and specialized types of
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| wrote at roughly the same time as the
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| | troops fighting revolutionaries.
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| founding of Rome. By the study of
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| | One method of dividing such a massive
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| history, the military seeks to not repeat
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| | topic is by cutting it into periods of
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| past mistakes, and improve upon its
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| | time. While useful this method tends to
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| current performance by instilling an
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| | be inaccurate and differences in
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| ability in commanders to perceive
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| | geography mean there is little
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| historical parallels during battle, so as
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| | uniformity. What might be described as
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| to capitalize on the lessons learned. The
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| | ancient warfare is still practiced in a
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| main areas military history includes are
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| | number of parts of the world. Other eras
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| the history of wars, battles, and
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| | that are distinct in European history,
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| combats, history of the military art, and
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| | such as the era of Medieval warfare, may
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| history of each specific military
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| | have little relevance in East Asia.
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