The Weapons Of War
Beginning of paper
"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed..."
(Machiavelli) Indeed, this is true, as war has been a part of human
culture since the beginning of time. Battles will be fought and wars will
wage on; there is nothing that can be done. No matter how many pacts are
signed, no matter how ext ....
Middle of paper
.... The
Thirty Years War, the Wars of Religion, St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the
English Civil War, and the Peasant's War were responsible for only a
fraction of the lives that were wasted across Europe in the 15th to mid-
17th centuries.
The focus of this essay is not the wars that occurred during the
Renaissance. Rather, it is the implements of these wars. In any fight, a
man must be able to defend himself and be able to attack when the time is
right. In a battle or war ....
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