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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Military officials"”.
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The level and structure of power delegated to high-ranking military officials in a democracy : a case study of the United States
… The process of establishing democratic civil-military relations, adequate command and force structures as well as re-professionalization of the military personnel is based on Euro- Atlantic model. In democratic civil-military relations the military must be excluded from political …
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In the Lord's Army: The United States Christian Commission in the Civil War
… inspired by the group's spiritual overtures. Military officials, including General Ulysses S. Grant, expressed their approval of the Commission's activities, as did President Abraham Lincoln. While the Commission had its detractors, the majority of those who came into contact with the …
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War is a terrible enemy to temperance: drinking, self-control, and the meaning of loyalty in the Civil War era
… This study relies on a variety of sources: military records, legislative journals, temperance and religious publications, personal accounts, and newspapers. It examines soldiers' uses and beliefs about drinking; the supply of alcohol in the armies; regulatory debates on the northern and …
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New Conflict, Old Conundrum: Venereal Disease Control and Education in World War Two Canada
… for many of Canada’s physicians, educators, and military officials it remained essential to remind Canadians that the moral elements of sexuality could not be brushed aside. Influenced by the experiences of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War, anti-venereal disease campaigners were …
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The Myth of the Green Berets: How One Group of Soldiers Helped Sell a Nation on the Virtue of War
<p>While various types 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, …
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A comparative study of two Civil War prisons: Old Capitol prison and Castle Thunder prison
… in prisoners of state. Confederate and Union officials established these prisons for this particular group: the disloyal. Although both structures held prisoners of war, the most vocal and prominent group of prisoners were civilians. The variety and character of both of these prisons are …
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Justifying War in Ukraine: An Analysis of Speeches, Excerpts and Interviews by Vladimir Putin
… Russian Federation maintains it does not have a military presence in Ukraine, U.S. intelligence and Ukrainian military officials have evidence otherwise. As a result, the West has imposed significant sanctions on "Putin's Russia". This study explores how Putin justifies the Russian incursion into …
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The Impact of Reintegration on Families of Reserve and National Guard Combat Veterans Returning From War: Findings and Clinical Implications
… Although based on the responses from one military spouse, four themes emerged from this study that are likely to be common for other spouses and families who live through repeated deployment cycles: choice, progression, adaptability, and acceptance. Based on these thematic findings, there …
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British reaction to the opium trade, 1839-1860
… of missionaries, businessmen, and consular or military officials.</p> <p>The basic view of the medical profession was that opium abuse was a serious health hazard. In the absence of comprehensive research into the nature of drug addiction, the physicians concluded that opium abuse was caused by …
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‘Cyprus is the Country of Heroes, Not of Homosexuals’: Sexuality, Gender and Nationhood in Cyprus
… of Cyprus, Greek-Cypriot political elites, military officials, representatives of women’s groups, as well as Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and queer individuals and activists. Through the utilization of a research design that draws on Foucaultian analysis, …
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The Wehrmarcht: Soldiers and Germans During the Second World War
… World War. These soldiers, under the command of military officials of the Nazi state, vowed to destroy Bolshevism and Jewish populations. By examining letters from soldiers to family members on the German home front as well as letters from families to the men on the front lines, a better …
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A Shield in the Sky: The Vertical Geopolitics of Transcontinental Air Defense
Traditional military descriptions of conflict tend to focus on the movement of soldiers and armies across battlefields. When the airplane emerged, it forced military theorists to contend with a new, vertical, dimension of conflict. In America, the United States Air Force assumed an important role …
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Back to Square One: Understanding the Role of the Egyptian Armed Forces
… analysis misses the role the Egyptian military played in forcing the resignation of Hosni Mubarak in February of 2011. Discontent within the military establishment against the rule of Mubarak had been building up, before climaxing in 2011. Military officials held that the mismanagement …
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Robust and Rhetorical Action: Explaining NATO's Long Commitment to the Bucharest Decision
… in NATO. What causes publicly articulated military alliance policy aspirations to endure when they induce such geopolitical conflict, and geopolitical transformation, that it undermines their purpose? This dissertation takes these puzzles as its object of inquiry. The focus of the study is …
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Constitutional Rights in a Common Law World: The Reconstruction of North Carolina Legal Culture, 1865-1874
… of freedom in North Carolina through military commission proceedings over civilians. Even in these military tribunals the common law provided a common language and ideology through which northern military officials, North Carolinian citizens and North Carolina lawyers could contest the …
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Practices of Assembling in (Post-)Dictatorial Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay (1973-2019)
… agitated against amnesty laws that protected military officials and prevented families from obtaining information regarding the whereabouts of their disappeared (kidnapped and executed) relatives. This thesis explores how resistance to these regimes and the memory politics forged in their wake …
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The Night Watchman: Hans Speier and the Making of the American National Security State
… ideas into reality. Called upon by government officials who required the services of intellectuals familiar with the German language and culture, hundreds of social scientists joined the Office of War Information, Office of Strategic Services, and other new organizations of the wartime …