The Effects of Modernity and the Military

The military has long been one of the central institutions of the state. However in the years since the beginning of the modern age this institution has been radically changed. The modern military is capable of organization, violence, and destructive power never dreamed of in the pre modern age. The small scale personal warfare of the pre modern age has been replaced with war that is impersonal and technologically driven.
The Military in the pre modern era was driven much differently and less effectively motives. It was fought almost as personal battles between kings and their families…