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| − | [[Image:British_Infantry1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|British Army [[infantry]] on maneouvres]]
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| − | An '''army''' is a group of ground soldiers under the command of a general. Armies were the main method of combat between [[kingdom|kingdoms]] in the pre-modern era.
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| − | Much of military strategy in the immediately pre-modern era centered around the question of whether or not it is preferable to maintain a "standing army" - that is, a group of soldiers ready to be "mobilized" at a moment's notice to fight for the country, functioning additionally as deterrence. Standing armies are exorbitantly expensive to maintain. Now, most countries maintain a small standing army, but nuclear powers rely on nuclear warheads to maintain deterrence in large part.
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[British Army]]
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| − | *[[Israel Defense Forces]]
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| − | *[[Red Army]]
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| − | *[[United States Army]]
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| − | **[[101st Airborne Division]]
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| − | **[[United States Army Signal Corps]]
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| − | *[[Mechanized infantry]]
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| − | *[[Mercenary]]
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