Was Alexander the Great really great?
A great conqueror, in 13 short years he amassed the largest empire in the entire ancient world — an empire that covered 3,000 miles. And he did this without the benefit of modern technology and weaponry. In his day, troop movements were primarily on foot, and communications were face to face. Not bad for a kid who became the King of Macedon at the age of 20.
Many of Alexander's accomplishments were made possible by his father, Philip of Macedon. Macedon, which existed roughly where the modern country of Macedonia lies today, was a kingdom located that lay geographically north of the Greek city-states.
Alexander's the Great's tutor was the Greek philosopher Aristotle.
In 338 B.C.E., King Philip of Macedon invaded and conquered the Greek city-states. Philip took advantage of the fact that the Greek city-states were divided by years of squabbling and infighting. Philip succeeded in doing what years of fighting between city-states had not done. He united Greece.
Conquering the World
Philip's next goal was to defeat Greece's age-old enemy to the east: Persia. For years, the massive Persian Empire threatened the very existence of the Greek way of life. But before he was able to pursue his second goal, Philip was assassinated.
The Locarno Treaties settled Germany's questioned fringes and turned into the image of another time of peace. In the Kellogg-Briand Pact, all countries concurred not to utilize war as a strategy for the national arrangement. The League of Nations looked to motivate countries to focus on the finish of war. With no chance to get of upholding a prohibition on war, every one of these endeavors neglected to end animosity.
The American involvement in Vietnam, as the one in the Philippines, was to gain territory of support, and even in a way satellite states that the United States can use.
In Vietnam broke up a war because of this. The country started to lean towards communism, and the Soviets had an ever growing influence. The United States were not willing to give the Soviets a chance to have power over this strategic country, so they intervened military, creating a bloody war, which eventually brought in shame for the United States as they lost the war.
Compared to the Vietnam War, suppression of the Philippine independence movement was another story. The United States had already had the Philippines under their control, established military basis, and constant military presence. So they actually faced an internal problem in way, where they had to use military power in order to put in control the people that they already had under their control.