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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Military studies"”.
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Educating the Army's Jedi
… of the concept for the School of Advanced Military Studies and its subsequent refinement in the first ten years of its history. The other line of inquiry in the dissertation is the development, introduction and refinement of the concept of operational art and the operational level of war …
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Rocket states - an analysis of US missile culture
… and Thomas Jefferson, the fields of cultural and military studies, theories of technology formulated by Paul Virilio, Jean Baudrillard, Laurence Rickels and Paul N. Edwards, architectural and spatial theories developed by Henri Lefebvre and Anthony Vidler, and Cold War horror and science fiction …
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The Rules of Engagement: Self-Defense and the Principle of Distinction in International Humanitarian Law
This dissertation examines the problem of the mistaken killing of civilians in armed conflict. This occurs when a civilian is intentionally killed by armed forces because he or she is mistakenly believed to pose a threat of harm. The requirement that armed forces distinguish between combatants and …
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Military Retirement: Exploring the Relationships Between Individual Characteristics and Career Transition Mental Preparedness
… transition mental preparedness of a retiring military member. Family is a primary catalyst for career transition, yet also limits career decision options.
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Screening and mitigation of anxiety in unique environments
… fear of flying, motion sickness, and military operations. Fear of flying is the most extensively studied area, with some supportive evidence from centrifugation studies. Virtual reality exposure (VRE) is as effective as actual training flight exposure (or analog exposure) in mitigation …
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Evaluation of HRV as a predictor of response to a modified physical training program in ROTC cadets
Continually enhancing military personnel training is essential in order to prepare soldiers to perform optimally. The soldier’s ability to perform may be closely associated with baseline autonomic nervous system activity, indicated by heart rate variability (HRV). Variability in heart rate may be …
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Operation military representation: A critical discourse historical analysis of the United States military in the news
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-03-01 without embargo terms
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Critical media analysis of female soldier representation from magazines to Instagram : a cultural studies perspective
… 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. military, three research questions are …
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Future War for Fun and Profit: Authority, Bureaucracy, and Masculinity in Defence Industry Software Development
… the heart of many discussions of understanding military practice, and it is increasingly important to understanding the relationship between states, militaries, and civilian actors such as a corporations and citizens increasingly shaped by militarization. One group of technologies affected and …
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Adaptation of veterans to long-term care: The impact of military culture
… study was to develop and implement a military cultural group intervention that would facilitate veterans' adaptation to long-term care residential settings. Eleven male veterans residing in a state-funded veteran's home between the ages of 60 to 92 years participated in the study. The …
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Military Versus Civilian Murder-Suicide Psychological Profiles
Previous studies have implicated dramatic differences between military members and civilians with regard to violent behavior, including suicide, domestic violence, and harm to others, but none have examined military murder-suicide. This study compared military and civilian murder-suicide …
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"Of the sky above you must beware": Airspace and airpower in twentieth century literature
… project interrogates the tension between the military discourse of air war in the twentieth century and the literature that challenged that discourse. Situated within the broader study of war literature, the project moves beyond traditional studies of soldiers fighting ground wars, to explore …
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Gender Biases and Armed Conflict: Assessing the Reintegration Experience of Women from the LRA
Women are actively involved as combatants in many irregular armed forces. This runs counter to a common belief that when involved with an armed group, women are limited to traditional gender roles such as cooking, cleaning, and being a wife. By opposing traditional gender assumptions during …
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Street Gangs, Outlaw Bikers, the Mafia and the Mexican Cartels: Dynamics of Transnational Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in Canada
Over the last few years, Mexican organizations active in the cocaine trade have chosen to stop working through Canadian middlemen and have instead established a direct presence in Canada. What factors have facilitated this decision? How is it likely to affect the dynamics of the transnational drug …
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The neglected war: intervention and extra-state war duration, 1816-2007
… and intrastate wars, I hypothesize that military intervention in support of the non-state actor, an equitable distribution of third-party military interventions, and economic intervention in the form of support will increase war duration. I also hypothesize that military intervention on …
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Effect of point-of-decision nutrition labeling on food choices at a military dining facility
Purpose of this research was to determine whether Go for Green color-coded (green, amber, red) point-of-decision nutrition labeling with associated instruction and educational media would influence meal selections of Army Basic Combat Trainees at FT Sill, OK. Soldiers' meal trays were observed and …
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A Contradiction in Will: Understanding China's Strategic Culture in a Civil-Military Context
Given China’s civil-military relationship, how consistent is its military’s perspectives on the use of force with those of the party-state government? By adopting a cultural framework of analysis, this study utilizes a methodology rooted in social constructivism to examine the strategic policies of …
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