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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Statesmen"”.
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Musical attitudes and activities of representative American statesmen
… of such representative American colonial statesmen as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, Thomas Jefferson, and John Quincy Adams.
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Sailors, Soldiers and Statesmen: The Conceptual Context of British Naval and Military Strategy, 1902-1914
This thesis posits that although national defence strategy must ultimately be determined by civilian ministers its roots lie in the conceptual foundations of the professional armed services, which represent the primary sources of strategic advice. Consequently, the relative depth and coherence of …
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Statesmen, Soldiers, and Strategy: The Influence of Civil-Military Relations on U.S. National Security Decision-Making
This dissertation analyzes how statesmen and soldiers make decisions on war and peace and identifies key linkages between a state's civil-military relations and its international relations. It shows that there is a clear connection between a state's civil-military relations and the making of …
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Combatant moral equality in historical and practical context.
… of those who must apply the morality of war—statesmen and soldiers. It argues that combatant moral equality is warranted because it is well-suited for the complexities of anarchy among statesmen and duty among soldiers, and it is morally better than its revisionist alternative because it …
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Republican Visions: Constitutional Thought and Constitutional Revision in the Eastern United States, 1815-1830
… first post-Revolutionary generation of American statesmen interpreted the concept of republican government. It pursues this investigation by analyzing American thought about the constitutions of the eastern states (the former thirteen colonies plus Vermont an
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Withdrawing Empire: A Test of Structural Realism and Neoclassical Realism to Explain the Withdrawal of US Military Presence
… Realist hypotheses on the perception of statesmen and domestic pressures. I find that the Structural Realist theory is inadequate to explain why the United States would withdraw from the countries studied, as its contracting capabilities in all cases are at most marginal. The Neoclassical …
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The Classics and the Broader Public in Philadelphia, 1783-1788: Avenues for Engagement
… emerged as a vehicle and vocabulary employed by statesmen for fashioning a people, political culture, and national identity. According to political theories of republicanism, statesmen in Philadelphia had a vested interest in cultivating the virtue of their citizens. As symbols and lessons in …
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Spanish Neutrality in World War II
… part played in the conflict by both individual statesmen and individual nations has been painstakingly examined. |This literary endeavour was limited only by the reluctance of the various governments to assist this quest for knowledge by opening their files to the ever increasing throng of …
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Peacemaking in early modern Europe: Cardinal Mazarin and the Congress of Westphalia, 1643-1648
… reason for the length of the negotiations; statesmen on all sides, but especially Cardinal Mazarin, are held to have prolonged the conference deliberately in the hope of exploiting military success to make greater territorial gains in the peace treaty. Recently, a contrary view has sprung up …
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The Ottoman Empire in the first world war: A rational disaster
… and external constraints faced by Ottoman statesmen. The study concludes that the Ottoman Empire entered the war on terms dictated by Istanbul and did so only because Britain, France, and Russia pursued a policy of active hostility to Ottoman interests.</p>
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Critical Appraisal of Count Bernstorff as German Ambassador to the United States 1914-1917
… world more perhaps than was common among German statesmen of this time.
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Chinese typewriters speak: the political power of writing machines in 20th-century China
… including social activists, businessmen, statesmen, literary celebrities, and technocrats, sought to meet this challenge.This dissertation explores the development of Chinese typewriters from the 1910s through the 1960s. The mechanisms of Chinese typewriters varied significantly from one …
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David Lloyd George's Ideas of Peace
… made by way of public pronouncements by statesmen and the exchange of diplomatic notes within the time that Lloyd George became Prime Minister until steps were taken toward an Armistice. The fourth chapter covers the period during which movements toward and actual negotiations resulting …
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An Analysis of President Trump's Afghanistan Foreign Policy: Through the Theoretical Framework of Walter Russell Mead's Four Paradigms
… of thought, in which he titles after influential statesmen who embody the specific school's core principles. These paradigms include the Hamiltonians, who believe in a strong relationship between big business and government for foreign policy success. The Wilsonians, who encourage the spread of …
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Why Do States Join Military Alliances?: The Case of Romania
… that in a case like that of Romania, the statesmen would most likely choose to bandwagon because of two motives: (i) for "defensive" purposes in order to maintain its independence in the face of a potential threat and (ii) for "offensive" reasons in order to acquire territory. After …
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American Reaction to European Economic Unification
… peace and prosperity in Europe.</p> <p>American statesmen on the other hand saw an opportunity to accomplish within a very brief span, perhaps a generation, what Europeans had been unable to do in modern history. Besides this, the United States could gain a trading partner who would in turn …
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Between Passive and Active: The Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy Towards Israel
… The nature of the language used by Saudi statesmen and diplomats is contingent, and therefore enables simultaneous different meanings to be communicated to different actors, and can also allow the perception of Israel to change according to each context. Finally, the project examines the …
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Operating Outside of Empire: Trading Citizenship in the Atlantic World, 1783-1815
… idea of the nation was fully formed, merchants, statesmen, and philosophers offered an alternative conception of belonging and nationality that was much more fluid and malleable. By focusing on information as a valuable commodity, the dissertation shows how letters filled with rumors and gossip …
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Memory in Roman Oratory: Theory and Practice
… attribute for leaders, from orators and statesmen to generals and emperors. The answer lies partly with Cicero’s philosophy of leadership; and partly, with the importance wider Roman society attached to the social practice of nomenclatio (‘greeting by name’). Later sources indicate that …
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A systems perspective for assessing carbon dioxide capture and storage opportunities
… theory continues to grow amongst academics, statesmen and plebeians alike, the early adopters have already engaged in pre-emptive research activities aimed at mitigating the effects of such greenhouse gases. The focus of one such effort is on the capture and storage of CO₂ (carbon dioxide) …
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