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Military has two broad meanings. In its first sense, it refers to soldiers and soldiering. In its second sense, it refers to armed forces as a whole. Over the years, military units have come in all shapes and sizes. They have been as small as a handful of medieval peasants banded together for battle under their feudal lord or as large as the invasion force created in 1944 for D-Day. They can be as rigidly organized as the impis of Shaka Zulu or virtually autonomous like the Knights Templar during the Crusades. Some states - for instance, Sparta or more recently Prussia - have even placed military prowess at the heart of government.

The business of soldiering is as old as recorded history itself. Some of the most enduring images of the classical world portray the power and feats of antiquity's military leaders. The Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BC was one of the defining points of pharoah Ramesses II's reign and is celebrated in bas relief on his monuments.[1] A thousand years later, the first emperor of unified China, Qin Shi Huang, was so determined to impress the gods with his military might that he was buried with an army of terracotta soldiers. The Romans were keen on military matters, leaving to posterity many treatises and writings as well as a large number of lavishly carved triumphal arches and columns celebrating their victories.

In our own era, world wars and countless other major conflicts have changed the political landscape beyond recognition. Empires have come and gone; states have grown and expired. Enormous social changes have been wrought and military power continues to dominate international politics. The role of the military today is as central to society as it ever was.

War is a state of conflict involving two or more groups of creatures who fight, often with the stated intention of triumph over a hated foe, increasing their land, wealth, or power, protecting their religion, way of life, ethnic identity, or homeland from actual or anticipated attack, or, in the case of civil war, using force to resolve internal differences. The word is most often used to describe human conflict, but can be applied to certain kinds of animal conflict (such as ant and chimpanzee wars) as well as to hypothetical or imaginary conflicts. Wars may be prosecuted simultaneously in one or more different theatres. Within each theater, there may be one or more consecutive military campaigns. Individual actions of war within a specific campaign are traditionally called battles, although this terminology is not always applied to contentions involving aircraft, missiles or bombs alone in the absence of ground troops or naval forces.

The factors leading to war are often complicated and are not completely understood. In War Before Civilization, Lawrence H. Keeley, a professor at the University of Illinois, calculates that approximately 90-95% of known societies engaged in at least occasional warfare, and many fought constantly. A war may begin following an official declaration of war but undeclared wars are common. A major American high school history textbook offers the following, as its only explanation for the American Civil War, "War broke out."

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The Nazis Declared War On Christianity In Public Schools Just As The Radical Left Is Doing Today Page 1, 2	Anonymous Coward	44	337	(11 votes)	07/08/08 5:33 PM	07/20/08 8:18 PM
War Thread - The Official Israel v. Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas War Thread 2008. Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ..., 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29	Military Man	845	20757	(59 votes)	04/15/08 12:08 PM	07/20/08 7:11 PM
World War III has already begun	Anonymous Coward	3	146	(2 votes)	07/19/08 2:31 AM	07/20/08 7:00 PM
Odd....army training in the jungles in 2001?	Anonymous Coward	2	70	N/A	07/20/08 4:07 AM	07/20/08 5:04 PM
Question about military rank	Anonymous Coward	7	67	(1 votes)	07/20/08 3:35 PM	07/20/08 4:04 PM
How Much Fuel Does The Military Wastes On Dubya's War...?	Kat Mama	2	42	(2 votes)	07/19/08 11:24 PM	07/20/08 8:09 AM
How would my life change after a global nuclear war?	Anonymous Coward	10	123	(2 votes)	07/20/08 3:03 AM	07/20/08 5:32 AM
Attack on Iran: Nuremberg War Crime	Anonymous Coward	0	60	N/A	07/19/08 10:23 PM	07/19/08 10:23 PM
Synthetic Pot - the Military's Secret Weapon?	Pollyannuh	3	114	N/A	07/19/08 7:12 PM	07/19/08 8:51 PM
If you care for our men at war please help do something	Queen	5	58	N/A	07/19/08 12:11 PM	07/19/08 12:48 PM
<<BREAKING>> Hezbollah vows to carry out more abductions of IDF troops By Army Radio Tags: IDF, Imad Mugniyah, Hezbollah Hezbollah will	Helmut	1	40	(2 votes)	07/19/08 9:13 AM	07/19/08 9:19 AM
HOW CAN YOU NAME A FUCKING INSTRUMENT OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AND WAR, A TANK, THE WILL OF GOD?	Anonymous Coward	9	109	(3 votes)	07/19/08 2:33 AM	07/19/08 7:47 AM
Israel did'nt get the memo, Caspian Oil War is Over! We Lost!	Dale Gribble	2	48	N/A	07/18/08 11:34 PM	07/19/08 12:35 AM
Status of the Navy	D. Bunker	15	277	(2 votes)	07/17/08 8:53 PM	07/19/08 12:20 AM
Watch CNN at 9 ET Ex Military talk about UFO's	Sam	2	58	N/A	07/18/08 8:55 PM	07/18/08 8:58 PM
Army to shoot live pigs for medical drill	theresident	9	109	(3 votes)	07/18/08 10:41 AM	07/18/08 4:30 PM
Iraqi Army Training	Eyes Wide Open	0	21	N/A	07/18/08 2:55 PM	07/18/08 2:55 PM
NWO - War on terror	Anonymous Coward	0	21	N/A	07/18/08 9:38 AM	07/18/08 9:38 AM
War Made Easy - TRAILER	Eyes Wide Open	9	117	(3 votes)	11/22/07 9:34 AM	07/18/08 7:12 AM
New Bush Executive Order CRIMINALIZES the Anti-War Movment	VictorC	24	438	(6 votes)	07/17/08 8:59 AM	07/17/08 4:31 PM
The war on terror has been lost	Big Kahuna	1	44	(1 votes)	07/17/08 2:00 PM	07/17/08 2:33 PM
...Then he was shown the third war	projectcamelot. org	16	399	(1 votes)	07/17/08 7:56 AM	07/17/08 12:25 PM
U.S. IS CLOSE TO OPENING A EMBASSY IN IRAN - NO WAR NOW	Anonymous Coward	7	143	N/A	07/17/08 9:03 AM	07/17/08 10:39 AM
Is the war on terror a just war?	Lonesurvivor	20	146	(4 votes)	07/17/08 5:06 AM	07/17/08 9:56 AM
FOR OMEGA: cold war fortress for sale, right up ur alley	383623	12	174	N/A	07/17/08 1:09 AM	07/17/08 3:29 AM
Race War	Anonymous Coward	6	88	N/A	07/16/08 10:28 PM	07/17/08 1:50 AM
War Made Easy - 1 hour 10 min	Eyes Wide Open	19	347	(9 votes)	02/18/08 6:23 PM	07/16/08 9:18 PM
Astral war update	nobody	1	72	N/A	07/16/08 10:59 AM	07/16/08 11:06 AM
Excuse for war with Iran draws closer	Doomamatrix	11	223	(1 votes)	07/16/08 2:32 AM	07/16/08 6:36 AM
EARTHQUAKE DESTROYED CHINA'S LARGEST MILITARY ARMORY	Anonymous Coward	6	135	N/A	07/16/08 3:46 AM	07/16/08 5:45 AM
BREAKING!! Russell Ziskey to arrest Bush for war crimes!! Turn to CNN!!	John Winger	2	262	(5 votes)	07/15/08 10:42 PM	07/16/08 5:07 AM
My Rifle (The Creed of a United States Marine) - A Tribute to The Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen of the United States Armed Forces(MUSIC VID) Page 1, 2	A Disturbed Canadian	51	393	(3 votes)	07/14/08 1:27 AM	07/15/08 11:40 PM
BRK! American Legion club to arrest Bush for war crimes!	Anonymous Coward	5	146	(3 votes)	07/15/08 9:34 PM	07/15/08 10:18 PM
Obama says Afghanistan 'a war that we have to win'	Anonymous Coward	20	136	(1 votes)	07/15/08 12:46 PM	07/15/08 8:28 PM
War and Financial Manipulation	~GAIA~	5	82	(3 votes)	07/15/08 4:02 PM	07/15/08 5:52 PM
wtf!!! Breaking news now_war games again_Iran's military will hold a major air exercise	Anonymous Coward	0	48	N/A	07/15/08 1:25 PM	07/15/08 1:25 PM
++ US population 5 % of world - US: 30 % of WORLD OIL consumption - of this 2/3 for war machine ....................	Anonymous Coward	5	69	(2 votes)	07/14/08 9:15 PM	07/15/08 9:50 AM
The War on Iran is Not on Hold	For the smart ones	5	128	N/A	07/15/08 12:39 AM	07/15/08 2:28 AM
Reality check on Iran's military	Anonymous Coward	8	116	(1 votes)	07/14/08 7:31 PM	07/14/08 9:46 PM
Earthquake Destroyed China's Largest Military Armory, Says Source	Anonymous Coward	3	83	(2 votes)	07/14/08 6:54 PM	07/14/08 7:47 PM
MOVING, NEW puppetgov Vid: 'HOW YOU ENDED THE WAR'	These guys r masters!	4	58	(1 votes)	07/14/08 6:04 PM	07/14/08 7:15 PM
No More War - video 3 min	Eyes Wide Open	4	49	(3 votes)	07/14/08 5:51 PM	07/14/08 7:00 PM
Law School to Plan Bush War Crimes Prosecution	UnwanteDreams	16	163	(1 votes)	06/20/08 9:03 AM	07/14/08 2:53 PM
Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley comments on George Bush's war crimes	Anonymous Coward	1	29	N/A	07/14/08 2:00 PM	07/14/08 2:37 PM
Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley comments on George Bush's war crimes	Anonymous Coward	1	26	N/A	07/14/08 2:00 PM	07/14/08 2:36 PM
World War on the Horizon	yup	1	59	N/A	07/14/08 1:39 PM	07/14/08 1:45 PM
space navy: non reflective surface would make them invisible from earth??	sleepy head	0	32	N/A	07/14/08 8:22 AM	07/14/08 8:22 AM
Red Cross Finds Military and Bush Administration Guilty of War Crimes!	Anonymous Coward	0	19	(2 votes)	07/13/08 8:02 PM	07/13/08 8:02 PM
Red Cross finds Bush administration guilty of war crimes	White House War Criminal Alert	5	143	(6 votes)	07/13/08 8:04 AM	07/13/08 7:07 PM
Civil War	Guns&Roses	0	53	N/A	07/13/08 4:09 PM	07/13/08 4:09 PM
DOOMS DAYS BEST UNDERGROUND VIDEOS ! Attack Of The ROBOTS ! TV Fakery ! Aliens Having Sex ! 9/11 & The Devil ! PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR ON YOU ! Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	Fonts	173	8261	(59 votes)	01/24/08 11:07 AM	07/13/08 11:29 AM
Chinese Military Paradise	Fonts	10	226	(4 votes)	01/27/08 10:58 PM	07/13/08 11:06 AM
Red Cross finds Bush administration guilty of war crimes	Anonymous Coward	0	22	(1 votes)	07/13/08 10:23 AM	07/13/08 10:23 AM
Pakistan says US not hunting bin Laden on its turf-Pakistan's top diplomat said Saturday there are no U.S. or other foreign military personnel on	Luke@MyNik	0	18	(1 votes)	07/13/08 2:47 AM	07/13/08 2:47 AM
The War of the World on PBS - tonight @ 10 EST	Anonymous Coward	5	395	(2 votes)	06/30/08 4:38 PM	07/12/08 10:58 PM
Oil and War	Anonymous Coward	0	18	N/A	07/12/08 7:29 PM	07/12/08 7:29 PM
When will the Iran war start?	Anonymous Coward	17	206	(4 votes)	07/12/08 4:34 PM	07/12/08 7:15 PM
Law School Dean Calls Conference to Plan Bush War Crimes Prosecution	Anonymous Coward	2	48	(2 votes)	07/12/08 12:23 PM	07/12/08 1:31 PM
BREAKING NEWS.CHINA SHOOTS DEAD, MUSLIM GROUP, PLANNING JIHAD HOLY WAR.	ANONOMOUS COWARD	12	268	(2 votes)	07/12/08 7:18 AM	07/12/08 9:34 AM
Iran - No war with Israel. FOR NOW	89446	2	64	N/A	07/12/08 4:14 AM	07/12/08 4:33 AM

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