"War has existed from the earliest stages of history to the present hour, and from being limited to aggressions on the one part and defense on the, has now become a science, almost as abstruse and intricate as the law, and one in which human ingenuity frequently triumphs over physical strength and numerical force. Martial achievements have ever attracted popular favor-successful warriors have in almost all ages been idolized as heroes, poets have recited their praises and minstrels sung their deeds. Until within a century or two, combats were chiefly confined to the land, but as commerce spread her wings, she needed the aid of a naval armament for protection from the cupidity of rival nations-hence the introduction of navies, which are now an indispensable auxiliary of attack and defense to every country possessing a maritime coast." This magazine is filled with letters, journals and manuscripts concerning the army and the navy on a variety of topics. Volume 3 includes a subject, place and fullname index.
Benjamin Homans, editor
(1834), 2007, CD-ROM, Graphic Images, Searchable, Adobe v6, PC or Mac, 966 pp.
ISBN: 9780788445330
101-CD4533
