War seems to be a social phenomena, one group pitted against another in deadly strife, where the reality of the human condition, both in virtue and despair, gains clarity. To ignore war, to write it off with simple platitudes about how horrible it is, is to remain wholly ignorant of its place in human affairs.

Unfortunately, universities are quickly becoming places to specialize in various ideological dogma rather than to intellectually apprehend the real world, what it means to be human; studied more or less in various respects among the different disciplines. Whereas universities are intended to provide a hiatus from the practical goings on of the world so one can grow in understanding, they are seemingly becoming shelters for the ideologically dispossessed; those angry for being alive with pat dogmatic answers for why they are so angry; those wishing to escape from the world and idealize it, rather than grow in understanding.

But as Burke said, evil triumphs when good men do nothing, so keep at it.

The study of military history is envigorating, extremely interesting, and crucial to our coherence as a society. If we do not remember and study that which our ancestors fought and died for, then their sacrifice is forgotten or ignored - and thus, in vain.