IN WATCHING the flow of events over the historic time period or so, it is hard to fend off the ambience that something very fundamental has happened in world history. The past year has seen a inundation of articles commemorating the end of the Cold War, and the fact that "peace" seems to be breakage out in many regions of the world. Most of these analyses deficiency any large conceptual framework for characteristic between what is essential and what is contingent or casual in world history, and are predictably superficial. Gorbachev were ousted from the citadel or a new religious leader announced the day of remembrance from a desolate halfway Eastern capital, these same commentators would move to tell the rebirth of a new era of conflict.
Battles win wars, go down thrones, and redraw borders. Every age of human past times has toughened battles that have been instrumental in molding the future. Battles power the spread of culture, civilization, and religious dogma.