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I can answer questions pertaining to weapons and tactics, personalities, battles, and strategies in european and U.S. history.

Experience in the area

I was a history major, and had done extensive research in the subject area. I have designed and tested numerous computer games for various
historical periods.

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B.A History M.S. Science
I have had the opportunity to live abroad and walk numerous battlefields both in the United States, Europe, and the Pacific.

What do you like about this subject?

Military history is the thread that binds almost every historic civilization to one another. Virturally every great civilization came into conflict with it's rivals. The United States is the most recent example. So what better way to understand today's world than by studying the conflicts of the past.

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Recent Answers from Keith H. Patton

2009-11-16 The battle of the 300 spartans:

Jimmy: Most accounts of the battle use the term "wall of Persion dead" figurelatively or as a metaphor. It was not that the Spartans, (I prefer Lacedaemonians, the c has a hard K sound, Sparta was

2009-11-09 Cannonball speed:

A 12 pd started with a muzzle velocity of about 1769 Feet Per Second. This would vary with the age of the gun and whether the bore had been eroded or stretched. This commonly happened with bronze guns

2009-11-07 Winston Churchill:

Sunny: First, Winston Churchill was a great wartime leader. He was a bit too confrontational for peace time politics. The list of accomplishments is probably long to list here and I would advise

2009-11-05 World War 2:

Konnor: The first thing you must know is that any military of any nation is used to obtain strategic goals and the high command plans a grand strategy. Next the theater commanders plan operations

2009-11-01 brass ball:

First, the "plug" is really where the sprue was cut off. The sprue is a piece formed during the casting, there the mold is filled. Ever build a plastic model? Remember the linear sprues connecting all

 

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