Essays on Garrisons

The Tang Dynasty experienced one of the most devastating rebellions in their history when the An Lushan Rebellion occurred in the period between the years 755-763. This rebellion also known as the An-Shi Rebellion greatly affected the dynasty affecting over three emperors during its course before it was finally ended. This war was started by one general An Lushan who declared himself the emperor of Nothern China thus leading to a series of wars with the Tang Dynasty. He created a rival Dynasty the, Yan Dynasty which faced off with the original Tang Dynasty until it was finally crushed on 17th ...

Introduction

The Philippine-American war was the conflict between the Filipino revolutionaries and the United States between 1899 and 1902, which started when the latter acquired the Philippines from Spain as the result of Spanish-American war. The Filipino revolutionaries made an extensive effort to achieve the First Philippine Republic’s independence from the United States during that period. This war was just a continuation of the Philippine revolution that aims to accomplish absolute independence, which started in 1896. We argue that both sides used their own tactics to win the war in which the Filipino revolutionaries and American soldiers both did well ...

The American Revolution was fought successfully against the greatest military and economic power of the 18th Century and one that had a longer imperial reach than any other. Yet in the end Great Britain gave up its North American colonies after the defeat at Yorktown in 1781 and the collapse of Lord North’s ministry. Over 200,000 men fought in the Continental Army at one time or another and perhaps even more in the local at state militias, an enormous number in a country with a white population of only about two million. In addition to the conventional battles that have ...