--- title: Military History description: Military History examines the history of warfare, military technology, strategy, and the societal impacts of armed conflict. Learners will analyze how battles, military institutions, and geopolitical strategies have shaped the rise and fall of nations throughout history. category: humanities subcategory: history difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/military-history --- # Military History Military History examines the history of warfare, military technology, strategy, and the societal impacts of armed conflict. Learners will analyze how battles, military institutions, and geopolitical strategies have shaped the rise and fall of nations throughout history. ## Available Resources 3 Books • 2 Courses • 4 Websites ## Websites ### 1. Osprey Publishing Blog Military history articles and previews **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.ospreypublishing.com ### 2. World War II Database Independently maintained WWII reference site holding country and unit profiles, a day-by-day event timeline, equipment entries, translated documents, and tens of thousands of public-domain photographs, useful for tracing how a specific battle, ship, or commander fits the wider war. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://ww2db.com **Tags:** world-war-ii, reference-database, primary-sources, military-history, archival-photographs ### 3. militaryhistoryonline.com Military History Online is a comprehensive online resource dedicated to military history. It offers in-depth articles on wars, battles, campaigns, weapons, and leaders, plus primary sources, photo galleries, regimental histories, and book reviews. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://militaryhistoryonline.com **Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, history ### 4. worldhistory.org World History Encyclopedia is a nonprofit educational site that provides accessible encyclopedia-style articles on world history, complemented by images, maps, and timelines from ancient civilizations to the modern era. It also offers classroom resources, quizzes, and educator guides for students and teachers. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://worldhistory.org **Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, history ## Courses ### 1. Reducing the Danger of Nuclear Weapons and Proliferation (MIT RES.8-004) **Author:** Aron M. Bernstein, Vipin Narang A two-lecture series on the history and current state of nuclear weapons and non-proliferation policy, covering a likely regional nuclear flash point, the dangers of present weapons policies, and prospects for further reductions. Includes 2 lecture videos (3 hours) and slides. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-8-004-reducing-the-danger-of-nuclear-weapons-and-proliferation-january-iap-2015/ **Tags:** nuclear-weapons, nonproliferation, arms-control, nuclear-policy ### 2. Causes and Prevention of War (MIT 17.42) **Author:** Stephen Van Evera Examines why wars start and how to prevent them: misperception, military strategy, religion and U.S. foreign policy, with cases from the Peloponnesian War to both World Wars and the Middle East. Provides lecture notes, exams and sample written assignments for analysing the causes of war. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/17-42-causes-and-prevention-of-war-spring-2018/ **Tags:** international-relations, war-studies, conflict-prevention, security-studies, foreign-policy ## Podcasts ### 1. The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast **Author:** Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade Long-form podcast working through the 1863 Gettysburg campaign episode by episode, hosted by two Licensed Battlefield Guides. Each installment examines a specific unit, decision, or phase of the fighting, with attention to terrain and conflicting accounts. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/battleofgettysburgpodcast **Tags:** gettysburg, gettysburg-campaign, civil-war-battles, battlefield-terrain, military-history ## Books ### 1. The Face of Battle **Author:** John Keegan Keegan's study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme from the ordinary soldier's viewpoint, reconstructing what wounds, weapons, terrain, and fear actually did to men in the line, and arguing that battle narratives written from the general's perspective distort what happened. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1844137481?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, history ### 2. Warfare Warfare - A book resource **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1856056007?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, history ### 3. With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War **Author:** Robert Cowley (editor) Nineteen essays from MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, by historians including James McPherson, David Herbert Donald and Stephen Sears, reexamining commanders, battles and turning points of the conflict between 1861 and 1865. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0399147373?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** civil-war-military-history, civil-war-commanders, civil-war-battles, historical-essays --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/military-history