Then I'm going to guess you're in Singapore or someplace else in Malaya (or whatever they're calling it these days --Indonesia?).
They actually do not teach this kind of stuff much in American Universities any longer. Apart from the military academies, there are only two schools I'm aware of that still teach military history. For sure one is Ohio State, but I cannot for the life of me, remember the other.
Nowadays, it's considered rude to study warfare or to revel in American/Western victories over "the victims of colonization" or other such nonsense. Trust me, had the shoe been on the other foot, Africans would have been taking Europeans as slaves or Chinese seamen sailing the Straits of Magellan. It just so happens that the impulses that led to these events occurred in the west, for better or worse. The response to those impulses,however, was the pure application of culture.
The King of Spain wanted to use the Sea Route to find a way to China to trade on silk and spices The Arabs already controlled the overland trade route, ie the Silk-Route
So, it turned out the $$$$$$$ was the incentive for the King of Spain to finace the overseas vogages
(By the way, I could also be living in Australia or New Zealand)
it is 2 a.m. in the morning over here or I 'll just say "good-nite"
Thanks for the chit-chat
enjoyed it