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Historical Conflicts
Major wars and peace settlements that frame today’s security environment.
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This Is the Oldest Peace Treaty Ever Discovered
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (300+ words) Maybe there are a few things we can still learn from it 1:30 PM CDT on October 12, 2026 Discovered in the rocky Büyükkale site in modern-day Türkiye, it contains articles 12 though 20 of the agreement and covers rules around how refugees should be…...
Sun Tzu’s Best Quote Of All Time Is Simple and Effective Military History: ‘One mark of a great soldier is that he fights on his own terms or fights not at all’
16+ hour, 33+ min ago (775+ words) “One mark of a great soldier is that he fights on his own terms or fights not at all.” The line credited to Sun Tzu sums up The Art of War, which Isaac Seitz reads as a playbook for control…...
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Best Quote Of All Time Is Simple and Effective: ‘What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight—it’s the size of the fight in the dog’
16+ hour, 33+ min ago (482+ words) “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight—it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Spoken during a 1958 Republican National Committee speech, the words capture the philosophy of a general who had no…...
The boy who cried 'forever wars'
14+ hour, 13+ min ago (1036+ words) What happens when a candidate, running for office, has no new ideas, innovative solutions or successful strategies that will attract voters and win their confidence? Simple, you scare them into thinking that their opponent is a threat to the future…...
“Sniper Ace”: Bruno Sutkus at War, 209 Kills in Six Months
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (421+ words) or $34.99 per year (save 27%) BY Warren Gray / October 8, 2026 AI-generated summary of this article. AI can make mistakes — read the full article. Would've been a privilege for some boot Lithuanian to hear from this brother! Hope they appreciated him! Keep up…...
We should teach wars through the people who suffered them, not the leaders who started them
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (414+ words) Stories of war are often told through those who start them, while the experiences of ordinary people affected can be overlooked. Horrible Histories author Terry Deary says anyone serious about ending war needs to hear more stories from those who…...
Decades Later, General George S. Patton’s Best US Army Line On How to Win a War Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (726+ words) General George Patton. Image Credit: Creative Commons. “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains that victory.” – US Army…...
Centuries Later, French Army General Napoleon Bonaparte’s Best Line on Courage Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Military History
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1001+ words) “Courage isn’t having the strength to go on — it is going on when you don’t have strength.” Attributed to Napoleon, tested at Trafalgar, Russia and Waterloo. While he was undoubtedly a master strategist and a great leader, his campaigns and…...
8 Largest Armies of the Ancient World From Rome to China
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (716+ words) Even in the ancient period, some empires could deploy large armies of hundreds of thousands of men to defeat and destroy their enemies. Qin Shi Huang used strict Legalist conscription to unite China, establishing the world’s largest standing infantry force…...
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