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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Military Forces"”.
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The reliability of East European military forces
For Western military analysts one of the continuing problems involved in estimating Warsaw Pact capability has been the uncertain behavior of non-Soviet forces under wartime conditions. More specifically, questions have been raised as to whether East European military establishments are of a …
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Expanding the European Union's Petersberg tasks: requirements and capabilities
… Union. The original Petersberg tasks called for forces capable of humanitarian and rescue missions, peacekeeping operations and tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking. The updated tasks add conflict prevention, joint disarmament, military advice and assistance, …
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Use of Federal Troops in Civil Disturbances 1892-1968
… examines and evaluates the use of regular army forces in quelling civil disturbances within the United States. The term civil disturbance is defined as excluding Indian wars, western frontier violence and all incidents prior to the passage of the Posse Comitatus Act in 1878, which forbade the …
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Document-Based Politicization of the U.S. Military: A Textual Analysis of the U.S. Army Counterinsurgency Field Manual (FM 3-24)
The politicization of military forces is not a development of the 21st century. Throughout history, armies have taken on roles traditionally relegated to non-military entities and accepted the notion that the actions of even the most junior members of their force may have substantial political …
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Civil-military relations in European security institutions -- challenges of multi-institutionality in peace operations
The thesis analyzes civil-military relations in European security institutions by analyzing the organization and institutional mechanisms to exercise democratic civilian control over the military elements adapted to or emerged as a need to conduct peace operations. The goal is to assess the …
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Armies, Navies and Economies in the Greek World in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E.
… classical Greek amphibious and naval expeditions military forces always acquired their food from markets provided to them by cities and traders. A systematic comparative analysis confirms this conclusion by demonstrating that the economic and politico-social structures of classical Greek states …
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TELLING STORIES: AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH-MELODY COMPOSITIONS AND AN ORIGINAL SPEECH-MELODY COMPOSITION FOR WIND ENSEMBLE
… from recordings of members of United States military forces speaking about their lived experiences. In conjunction with the analytical and compositional aspects of this thesis, I also conducted an interview with Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis (Jacob TV). i</p>
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The politics and dilemmas of humanitarian assistance
… to intervene and the suggestions that military forces can work within the traditional network of humanitarian relief organizations, what does the empirical record offer these proponents of humanitarian intervention?"
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The Principle of Destruction in Irregular Warfare: Theory and Practice
… in war is to disarm the enemy by destroying his forces in battle. However, irregular warfare is commonly assumed to operate through processes that make the principle of destruction irrelevant. An analysis of the writings and military experiences of T.E. Lawrence, Mao Tse-tung and Ernesto "Che” …
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The United States Military Realignment on Okinawa
<p>The United States maintains military bases in foreign countries in efforts to protect American overseas interests, whether they are economic, diplomatic or for geostrategic purposes. In Japan, where the United States has maintained military installations since the end of World War II, debate …
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Source and channel coding for low-bandwidth speech communication between optoelectronic devices
… solution to the communication problem that many military forces face in today's urban environments. The recent advances in optoelectronic fibers by the Photonic Bandgap Fibers and Devices Group allow optoelectronic fibers to be woven into standard military equipment. This thesis aims to design an …
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Potential cost savings and cost avoidances associated with security cooperation training programs
… with a particular focus on training of foreign military forces under 10 U.S. Code § 2282. Specifically, I analyze whether the cost of such training programs is cheaper using contracted personnel versus uniformed military personnel. The costs of contractor-provided training come from the Defense …
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Vieques, Puerto Rico : from devastation to conservation, and back again
The donning of camouflage gear by military forces is uniformly understood to be an attempt to dissolve into a background matrix in order to deceive an enemy in combat, or in a combat simulation. This thesis examines the landscape of Vieques, Puerto Rico, to disprove such notion and move towards …
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Urbanism and Social Transformation in Peter the Great's Russia
… The young emperor’s transformations of Russia’s military forces, administrative structure, religious culture, and social and political practices have been well documented. His reign also produced a dramatic shift in the country’s architectural culture towards more Western idioms. Existing …
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Analysis of the United States Marine Corps' utilization of Defense Logistics Agency disposition services as a source of supply
… (DoD) disposal management of excess and surplus military property supporting U.S. military forces worldwide, federal agencies, state agencies, and foreign military sales. An important component of this mission is the reutilization of excess military equipment within the military services in order …
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NO COUNTRY AN ISLAND: ICELAND'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATO SINCE 1949
… and opportunistic Kremlin. Western air and naval forces have witnessed a marked increase in confrontational incidents with Russian military forces, and East-West tension has increased. In this context of NATO’s “pivot back to the North Atlantic,” Iceland’s geostrategic value to the Alliance has …
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The U.S. Government and the Privatized Military Industry: Obscuring the Line Between Public and Private Sector Roles
… resulted in dramatic changes to the structure of military forces. Worldwide-disappearance of the Soviet threat led many countries to initiate force demobilization. However, the collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in a new era in which conflicts increased worldwide. These conflicts, coupled with …
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Getting to one from title 10 + title 32 unity of effort in the homeland
… federal stakeholders on command and control of military forces in the homeland is vital to moving forward. Understanding culture and context among Title 10 Active Duty and Title 32 National Guard will facilitate learning and resolve conflict. Progress is underway to reach unity of effort through …
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A module for employing human systems integration into the Rapid Equipping Force (REF)
… the approach to equipping forward deployed military forces. Combatant Commanders conducting operations now require timely materiel solutions to enhance mission capabilities and reduce risk for individual Soldiers. To address this challenge the U.S. Army established the Rapid Equipping Force …
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The national interests of the United States in Southeast Asia : policy changes for their protection and promotion since the withdrawal from the naval base at Subic Bay
In November 1992, the United States withdrew its military forces from facilities in the Republic of the Philippines. The United States must now reassess its commitments, and the means and policies it will employ in protecting and promoting national interests in the post-Cold War era. This thesis …
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