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In Alfred Duggan's Conscience of the King, a historical novel about Cerdic, founder of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, Ambrosius Aurelianus is a Romano-British general who rose independently to military power, forming alliances with various British kings and setting out to drive the invading Saxons from Britain.
When they are lit, it is a way for one to call for military aid from the other, as per its historical use in medieval Europe.
Recent research conducted at the German military historical
" The early 1950s literature transformed blitzkrieg into a historical military doctrine, which carried the signature of Liddell Hart and Heinz Guderian.
Clausewitz introduced systematic philosophical contemplation into Western military thinking, with powerful implications not only for historical and analytical writing but also for practical policy, military instruction, and operational planning.
Factors such as population size, historical events, military strength, diplomatic expertise and a strategic geographical position give Egypt extensive political influence in the Middle East, Africa, and within the Non-Aligned Movement as a whole.
That military respect for law began The Ten Years of Spring, a democratic period of free speech and open political activity, plans for national land reform, and the historical perception, by the intelligentsia, that much and great political progress could be made in realizing the civil governance of Guatemala.
The information available on Greek fire is exclusively indirect, based on references in the Byzantine military manuals and a number of secondary historical sources such as Anna Komnene and Western European chroniclers, which are often inaccurate.
What Hannibal achieved in extricating his army was, as Adrian Goldsworthy puts it, " a classic of ancient generalship, finding its way into nearly every historical narrative of the war and being used by later military manuals ".
Beginning in the late 19th and early 20th century however, policies such as Woodrow Wilson's mission to " make the world safe for democracy " were often backed by military force, but more often effected from behind the scenes, consistent with the general notion of hegemony and imperium of historical empires ..
Much of Caesar's life is known from his own accounts of his military campaigns, and from other contemporary sources, mainly the letters and speeches of Cicero and the historical writings of Sallust.
Hence he began transmitting military intelligence to the USSR, though the historical record is unclear about exactly when he started.
In addition to tabletop role-playing, LARP was preceded and possibly influenced by the Society for Creative Anachronism, childhood games of make believe, play fighting, costume parties, roleplay simulations, Commedia dell ' arte, improvisational theatre, psychodrama, military simulations, and historical reenactment groups.
Although Vietnam's historical record of leadership in the revolution and its military power and proximity will not cease to exist, Laos struck out ahead of Vietnam with its New Economic Mechanism to introduce market mechanisms into its economy.
# Commemoration of specific historical events ( founding, military victories, temple holidays, etc.
The fortress of Makawanpur has a historical and military significance for the Nepalese.
His 10-volume collected works contain most of his larger historical and theoretical writings, though not his shorter articles and papers or his extensive correspondence with important political, military, intellectual and cultural leaders in the Prussian state.
The anti-Nazi Great Patriotic War, was conflated with the Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon, and historical Russian military heroes, such as Alexander Nevski and Mikhail Kutuzov, appeared ; repression of the Russian Orthodox Church ( temporarily ) ceased, and priests revived the tradition of blessing arms before battle.
Stories include detail about military technology, procedure, ritual, and history ; military stories may use parallels with historical conflicts.
The component parts of the military ( other than the purely historical Crossbow Corps ) are distinguished ( as in many nations ) by distinctive cap badges, one each for the Fortress Guard ( uniformed ), Fortress Guard ( artillery ), Guard of the Council, Uniformed Militia, Military Ensemble ( band ), and Gendarmerie.
Although both units are part of the same Guard Corps, and wear the same uniform, the Artillery Unit has a totally different military cap badge, as a reminder of its historical origins.
Noteworthy examples of the journalistic style and successful integration of fictional characters with historical events were the politico – military novels The Day of the Jackal ( 1971 ) by Frederick Forsyth and Eye of the Needle ( 1978 ) by Ken Follett.
Spielberg responded, saying that in many scenes he opted to replace sound military tactics and strict historical accuracy for dramatic effect.

military and interest
These registries are sponsored by 18 national medical, dental, and veterinary societies and have as their mission the assembling of selected cases of interest to military medicine and of establishing through the mechanism of follow-up of living patients the natural history of various diseases of military-medical importance.
The Armed Forces Medical Publication Agency, established in 1949, has published, since January 1950, The United States Armed Forces Medical Journal as a triservice publication to furnish material of professional interest to Medical Department officers of the three military services.
Each Journal contained articles of professional and clinical interest, and departments devoted to military medical news, reviews of new books, and other features of interest to officers of the medical services.
Chief interest in radiosterilization resides in the military services.
Commercial interest is chiefly in this type of treatment, as is military interest under peacetime conditions.
Of particular interest to the military services is the demonstration that roast pork, after radiosterilization, is superior in palatability to available canned pork products.
" He did not overeat or drink to excess, but his corpulence grew in his later years, decreasing his interest in military operations ; according to William, he " was excessively fat, with breasts like those of a woman hanging down to his waist.
Also in 2008 the Brazilian company Embraer showcased the Brazilian military transport aircraft, Embraer KC-390, and some countries already have shown interest in the aircraft, with France even placing orders.
For example, John Yarwood of Melbourne is the first person to take a serious interest in British military money ( especially tokens ).
In mimesis ( also called masquerade ), the whole animal ( or piece of military equipment ) looks like some other object, which is of no special interest to the observing animal or enemy.
And though his mother was against war, it was her collection of history books that first sparked Eisenhower's early and lasting interest in military history.
The act specified that service members who disclose that they are homosexual or engage in homosexual conduct should be separated ( discharged ) except when a service member's conduct was " for the purpose of avoiding or terminating military service " or when it " would not be in the best interest of the armed forces ".
However, he had hardly interest in military affairs.
In favour of the Synoptic chronology, E. P Sanders observes that a short ministry accords with the careers of other known prophetic figures of the time — who appear in the desert, raise large scale public interest, but soon come to a bloody end at the hand of the Roman military.
Howard of the Connecticut National Guard had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to Saskatchewan in Canada in 1885 for use with the Canadian military against the Métis during Louis Riel's North-West Rebellion.
Hadrian's military skill is not well attested due to a lack of military action during his reign ; however, his keen interest and knowledge of the army and his demonstrated skill of leadership show possible strategic talent.
There are numerous applications for hypnosis across multiple fields of interest including medical / psychotherapeutic uses, military uses, self-improvement, and entertainment.
By 1969, military interest in Christmas Island had ceased and the facilities were abandoned and for the most part dismantled.
German foreign policy as espoused by Otto von Bismarck had been to deflect the interest of great powers abroad while Germany consolidated her integration and military strength.
In October 1659, Col. Lambert and various subordinate members of the army, and acting in the military interest, resisted Col. Morley and others who were defending Long Parliament.
Serious military interest in the longbow faded after the seventeenth century but occasionally schemes to resurrect its military use were proposed.

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