Tag: military-history

Written by Edwin Sandy Jordan

A Century of Warfare

Introduction: Portions of this blog have been published before under different headings, but here I attempt to capture the whole history of the wars that shattered western civilization, beginning with the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and ending with the conclusion of World War II. Its a sad tale of arrogance, folly, devastation and bloodshed. In […]

Written by Edwin Sandy Jordan

The Best and the Bravest

THE BEST AND THE BRAVEST World War I saw a massive effusion of blood on battlefields all over Europe.  It is difficult for us to comprehend the magnitude of the carnage.  To illustrate, let’s consider the effect of that war on France. On one fateful day in August 1914 the French suffered approximately  100,000 casualties […]