Introduction The MSC Student Conference on National Affairs (MSC SCONA) is an annual conference at Texas A&M University where civilian students and military cadets from across Texas and the United States gather to exchange ideas and discuss the role of the United States in the global community. The most recent conference, MSC SCONA 67, was… Read More
Introduction The League of Nations (French: Société des Nations) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. The main organisation ceased operations on 20 April 1946 but many of its components… Read More
Introduction Foreign internal defence (FID) is a term used by militaries in several countries, including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, to describe an integrated, and possibly multi-country, approach to combating actual or threatened insurgency in a foreign state. This foreign state is known as the Host Nation (HN) under US (and generally… Read More
Introduction Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others satirise war. Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole. Many of these songs are considered protest songs, and… Read More
Introduction A war song is a musical composition that relates to war, or a society’s attitudes towards war. They may be pro-war, anti-war, or simply a description of everyday life during war times. It is possible to classify these songs by historical conflict: “First World War songs”, “Second World War songs”, “Vietnam War songs”, and… Read More
Introduction A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manoeuvring known as drilling or marching. Large military parades are today held on major holidays and military events around the world. Massed parades may also hold a role for propaganda purposes, being used to exhibit the apparent military strength of… Read More
Introduction The Caroline affair (also known as the Caroline case) was a diplomatic crisis involving the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Canadian independence movement which lasted from 1837 to 1842. This modest military incident eventually acquired substantial international legal significance. The affair began on 28 December 1837, when hundreds of Americans who had… Read More
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