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The Vietnam War brought with it a new age of military technology. For one, helicopters were employed throughout the conflict in a variety of roles, and infantry weapons made impressive advancements...
The Vietnam War was the first war that was truly televised to the shock and awe of the world. The world saw firsthand the destructive capabilities of American aircraft over the course of this...
For as long as there have been wars, there have been people opposed to war. The ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes put a comic spin on the idea back in 411 B.C. with his “Lysistrata,” in which...
The Vietnam War has been called America’s “Helicopter War” as the addition of helicopters changed much of how war was handled. These helicopters had many roles, ranging from transport, search...
General is the top rank in the Army, Marines, and Air Force nowadays. The highest rank currently attainable in the military is four-star general, though there were five-star generals in WWII like...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has largely been a costly war of attrition with neither side making much progress. The war is the most recent ongoing invasion to rock the geopolitical scene, but it...
Expanding military expenditure in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives goes back to, at least, President Teddy Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy. While U.S. military expenditure has declined in...
This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Colman Andrews. The Vietnam War was the deadliest war of the 1960s, extending into the ‘70s,...