Military Conflicts, Strategy, Tactics, Politics by Other Means, Geopolitics
The Strong Land Army vs. the Strong Naval Force – The Prelude to the First Punic War In the middle of the 3rd century before Christ, the two great powers in the western Mediterranean were the growing Roman Republic and the growing Carthaginian Empire. In the area of maritime skills and experience the Roman Republic … Read more
Ancient naval warfare under oars involved the use of galleys propelled by oarsmen, which were primarily designed for close combat tactics like ramming and boarding enemy ships. Despite many Hollywood scenes, to the contrary these ships were not always manned by slaves chained to the hull. This method of naval warfare dominated naval tactics from … Read more
The Birth of Naval Aviation In the 1700s and 1800s, well-trained western professional engineers, scientists and aviation enthusiasts knew that sustained, powered flight by heavier-than-air machines was possible. Birds are heavier (denser) than the air they fly in. However the complexity of all the problems that needed to be solved simultaneously thwarted the invention of … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On December 22nd, 2025, President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of the Navy, John C. Phelan, alongside Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, announced their intent to construct a new class of American-designed battleships that will be “the most lethal surface combatant ever constructed.” Peace through strength! Right? The shy, retiring and ever … Read more
China has been the central power of Asia, the center of Asian culture and of the source of the progress of Asian civilization for the last 5000 years. China is and has been the “central kingdom” and as such has been the natural “ruler of all under heaven.” The continuity of Chinese culture is poorly … Read more
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (a.k.a. the Varian Disaster) In AD 9, a confederation of Germanic tribes acted in unison to ambush and annihilate 3 Roman legions marching in the Teutoburg Forest, in the eastern portion of modern-day German. This massive defeat of the ambushed Romans is also know as the Varian Disaster. It took … Read more
A Christian world view is a “God’s eye” view of the world. Creation is both visible (the physical world) and invisible (the metaphysical, “spiritual” world). Ancient Christianity understands that the visible and invisible worlds are coexistent, transcendent and indistinguishable.
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