2. What is Military History? You do not need to write these down The story of how we’ve maintained our security and how we can come to do so in the future. – McManus It is the story of how societies form their institutions for their collective security and how those institutions operate in peace and war. – U.S. Army Center of Military History

3. What is Military History? Military History Covers: Battles, strategies and tactics of war (science) Functions/Divisions of the military Political Policies (foreign/domestic) of the country Effects of the military on economic, social norms.

4. Who are Military Historians? Examples throughout history: Sun Tzu - The Art of War Lived in China; 6 th Century BC One man or collection of men? 1 st Political Scientist???

5. Who are Military Historians? Niccolo Machiavelli – The Prince/The Art of War Italian Political Philosopher Political Scientist Works mistaken for tactics manual The Prince – pub’d. after death; intended for rulers Will the REAL Machiavelli please stand up???

6. Who are Military Historians? Karl Von Clausewitz – 17 th Cen; On War Prussian Major- General Military Strategy book Influential in military theory NOT the guy from Malcolm In The Middle

7. Who are Military Historians? Barbara Tuchman (1912- 1989) Focus: 20 th Century Warfare Style: Narrative History Books: The Guns of August; The Zimmerman Telegram

8. Who are Military Historians? Sir John Keegan – Current; Several titles English Military Historian (14 th -21 st century warfare) Books: Six Armies in Normandy; The History of Warfare; BBC Lectures War and Our World

9. Why Study Military History??? Why hello handsome…

10. Why Study Military History? The military is a great matter of the state. It is the ground of death and life, The Tao of survival or extinction. One cannot but examine it. -Sun Tzu (The Art of War; Appraisals)

11. Why Study Military History? Understand our history Help dictate the future/Understand the Past Development of new technologies Its violent and has great stories

12. Military Timeline There has been a major war in almost every generation 1700’s-1800’s – Revolutionary War; Indian Wars 1800’s – War of 1812; Tripoli; More Indian Wars 1900’s – Spanish-American War; World War Iⅈ Korea; Vietnam; Desert Storm, Iraq, Afghanistan

13. Understanding The Past By understanding the past we can predict the future Hitler and the Russian Winter Vietnam and Iraq/Afghanistan connection?

14. New Technologies Military technology often becomes civilian technology The Jeep (1940) 1945 – “CJ”

15. New Technologies Sulfanilamide –Introduced in 1936 –What did it do? Effective treatment for pneumonia, meningitis and other bacterial diseases –Statistics Unavailable – 75% mortality rate Available – 11% mortality rate –Extra Every soldier issued first aid pouch with sulfanilamide and bandages

16. New Technologies Penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming Bought by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer (think little blue pill) Pfizer produces 90% of penicillin that Allies carried on D-Day

17. New Technologies GPS – Global Positioning System 1991 Neutralizes desert warfare 2001 Afghanistan War Smart Bombs (youtube videos)

18. Stories of War Band of Brothers – The Story of Easy Company 101 st Airborne Pickets Charge (Civil War) Stories of heroism

19. Stories of War Audie Murphy WWII Medal of Honor Turned Rancher and actor

20. Personal Stories Pat Tillman 2002 – NFL safety puts career on hold w/ Arizona Cardinals to serve his country after 9/11 Drafted 1998 2000 named NFL All-Pro Team; 155 tackles (120 solo); 1.5 sacks; 2 forced fumbles 2 recovered; 9 deflections 1 int Turned don 3.6 million (salary $512,00) Joined U.S. Army 8 months after 9/11

21. Writing Prompt Why do YOU want to study military history? What interests you the most about military history? What do you hope to get out of this class?