Chapter
Modern Military
Military institutions and defense organizations of the modern era.
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Prussian General Staff
1806 CEProfessional military planning institution that revolutionized modern warfare through systematic preparation
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The General Staff
1806 CEInstitutional FormPermanent institution for military planning, doctrine development, and strategic coordination adopted worldwide
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The Conscript System
500 BCEInstitutional FormCompulsory military service system requiring citizens to serve in armed forces as civic obligation
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Israeli Defense Forces
1948 CECitizens' army combining universal conscription with technological innovation and unconventional doctrine
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French Foreign Legion
1831 CEElite multinational military force offering service, identity, and redemption to volunteers from any nation
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