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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Global War on Terror"”.
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The global war on terror memorial and the rhetoric of commemoration.
… discuss the rhetoric surrounding the plan to construct a national memorial for the Global War on Terror. It looks at three distinct areas of discourse relating to the project: the congressional debates over the memorial, the principles the memorial foundations declared that they hoped the final …
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Control, Detention and Torture in the So-called Global War on Terror
… three books and three solo survey museum exhibitions that form a collective body of research contributing new knowledge about unseen or underrepresented aspects of conflict and counterterrorism in the so-called Global War on Terror, including the detention camps at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo …
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Terrorism and Africa : a study of Africa's response to the global war on terror
Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-56)
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Retention of U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officers Before and After the Global War on Terror (GWOT)
This thesis analyzes the effect of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) on the retention of Navy Surface Warfare Officers. Multivariate probit models are used to estimate the effects of commissioning source and other demographic variables on retention. The data set used was based on archival data …
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Beyond the trauma hero: the discourse of American war fiction from the Global War on Terror
… from Afghanistan, the last major theatre of war for post 9/11 veterans, marks a turning point for the United States. This new period of relative warlessness allows the nation to reflect on its collective experiences of the last 20 years of war and think critically about our actions and …
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Errors in the Global War on Terror: A Strategic Analysis of the Failures of the U.S. in Deterring Al Qaeda
This thesis is an analysis of the Global War on Terrorism. It focuses mainly on how the United States is failing in this war and offers solutions so that the U.S. can begin to succeed. I chose this topic because throughout my graduate career I have never received a definitive answer regarding our …
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Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Preemptively Eradicating the Recruitment Pool For Radical Islamic Terrorist Organizations
As the American-spearheaded Global War on Terror continue, the United States and its allies must continue to evolve their counter-terrorism strategies to combat the long-term threat posed by Islamic fundamentalism. For the West, the most prolific component of the Global War on Terror is the …
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Stakeholder characteristics in rapid acquisition
The number of Joint Urgent Operational Needs has exploded with the Global War on Terror and the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. The challenge to smaller urgent programs is the programs are not large enough to obtain top priority for all stakeholders. Even if the entire stakeholder landscape …
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The Culture of Conflict: Assessing the Effectiveness of Cultural Analysis in Operational Planning
With the changing dynamic of warfare in the post-Cold War world, different tools are being used to accomplish national security objectives and fulfill foreign policy goals. In the face of anti-terrorism campaigns that have led to violent and virulent insurgencies, the United States has looked to a …
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The nexus between soft power and US foreign aid
… soft power in US bilateral foreign aid allocation? Drawing on insights from Joseph Nye's soft power concept, I examine the relationship between US bilateral development and military aid allocations and like-minded states from 1981 to 2011. Accordingly, US soft power attracts like-minded states …
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Service network design optimization for Army Aviation lift planning
The need for optimized aviation lift planning is becoming increasingly important as the United States and her allies participate in the Global War on Terror (GWOT). As part of a comprehensive effort, our nation's fighting forces find themselves conducting operations around the globe, with this …
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Performative counter-memory: A Foucaultian-based theory of dramatic discourse analysis for verbatim theatre
This dissertation examines the social resonance and therapeutic potential of verbatim theatrical productions that address the challenges facing returning United States military veterans of the Global War on Terror. Currently, conventional psychological and pharmacological treatments are falling …
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Law and Counterterror Policy During the Bush Administration: a Strategic Assessment
As the George W. Bush administration approaches its conclusion, the policies it has implemented as part of the Global War on Terror are among its most controversial aspects. However, it is the legal arguments marshaled in support of the administration's actions that have generated the greatest …
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Mind the Gap: The Failure of the Central Intelligence Agency to Support U.S. National Interests
… Intelligence Agency, effective covert action and accurate assessments of its adversaries have proved problematic. This has manifested itself in areas such as the soviet threat during the Cold War and towards the rogue nation of Iraq. Covert activities tended to supplant U.S. policy, and …
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The Myth of the Green Berets: How One Group of Soldiers Helped Sell a Nation on the Virtue of War
… of American military units fought in the Vietnam War, a disproportionate amount of media attention concentrated on one group: the Special Forces. More commonly known as the Green Berets, these “elite” soldiers were lauded in the Vietnam era for their foreign language skills, martial prowess, and …
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Contracted Wars, Compromised Oversight: Private Military Companies in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Decline of U.S. Accountability Standards
<p>The Global War on Terror, beginning in 2001, started U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, facilitating the expansion of Private Military Contractors (PMCs) through a combination of operational necessity, strategic policy decisions, and systemic oversight failures. Despite their …
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Boundary Ambiguity and Ambivalence in Military Family Reintegration
Since the beginning of the Global War on Terror, almost three million children, spouses, and adult dependents have been directly affected by the deployment experiences of more than two million service members. This study examined the applicability of the Contextual Model of Family Stress (Boss, …
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Overstretched and Underfunded: The Status of the US Military in the GWoT
… to deploy across the globe in support of the Global War on Terror (GWoT) with the assurance it would receive the resources needed to fulfill those operations. As a subordinate arm of the government, the US military is entrusted to prosecute the policies of its civilian leadership provided they …
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Critical media analysis of female soldier representation from magazines to Instagram : a cultural studies perspective
… meanings surrounding female soldier representations found in official print and online military recruiting materials during Global War on Terror (GWOT) period (2001-2014). Using recruitment advertisements found in three popular women’s magazines and on the official Instagram accounts of the U.S. …
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Making Hui: The minoritisation, performance and place of Islam in contemporary Beijing
… climate, when the West's gaze is fixed on radical Islam, the U.S.led “Global War on Terror” is used to control Muslims everywhere. Set in this context, this research examines how the Chinese State co-created the ethnicity and place of the Hui, China's largest Islamic minority group. …
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