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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"U Military Science (General)"”.
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The pen and the sword: the development of military periodicals and military professionalisation, 1790-1914
… number of questions regarding the development of military periodicals from 1790 to 1914. It will explore why they emerged when they did, the different forms that they took, and how they fitted into the wider publishing environment. Alongside that, it will investigate those people who were involved …
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The potential of LIDAR as an antisubmarine warfare sensor
… of these. A recommendation is given to military commanders to pursue a multi-sensor pod for several areas of use by Maritime Patrol Aircraft and military helicopters.
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Combined operations: British naval and military co-operation in the wars of 1688-1713
This thesis assesses British naval and military co-operation in the form of combined operations during the Nine Years War, 1688-1697, and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713. The operational history of the joint actions is related and used to drive forward the determination of two …
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Security forces in conflict: Composition, specialisation, and effectiveness in counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations
… efforts taken by the regime to mitigate military capabilities. I accommodate this ambivalence by devising a new index for differentiation, and find that differentiation increases counterinsurgency effectiveness. Building on these findings, in the second article I focus specifically on …
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The strategic leadership and direction of the Royal Air Force Strategic air offensive against Germany from inception to 1945
… from Germany. The senior leaders, political and military, acknowledged that their methods of warfare must be just, and the thesis examines the legality and morality of the planning and conduct of the offensive. A key facet of strategic leadership is the setting of the vision and purpose of the …
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British 8th Infantry Division on the Western Front, 1914-18
This is a study of the British 8th Infantry Division on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918. It is set in the context of the dominant historiography of the last thirty years – that the BEF’s experiences on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 were subject to a ‘learning curve’, that it …
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The 51st (Highland) Division during the First World War
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the 51st (Highland) division over the course of the First World War. Underpinning the study is an analysis of both change and continuity, at home and overseas, and the performance of the division as a fighting unit. The key themes identified for study have been …
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Population-centric warfare: How popular support determines civil war outcomes
In recent years, the most technologically advanced militaries in the world have toiled against guerrilla forces. Counterinsurgent doctrine focuses on a government’s lack of popular support to explain this. Academic literature, however, currently treats popular mobilisation as a dependent variable, …
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Warfare in early Islam
Abstract available: p3.
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Sonic, infrasonic, and ultrasonic frequencies : the utilisation of waveforms as weapons, apparatus for psychological manipulation, and as instruments of physiological influence by industrial, entertainment, and military organisations
… which speaker systems have been utilised by the military-industrial and military-entertainment complexes to apply pressure to mass social groupings and the individuated body. Drawing on authors such as historian/sociologist Michel Foucault, economist Jacques Attali, philosopher Michel Serres, …
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Stress in British Army personnel
… stress, which is particularly relevant in the military profession, where there is risk of exposure to traumatic events. This study attempts to redress the paucity of research on stress in the British Army as a result of conflicts since WWII, in addition to countering the lack of research into …
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An investigation of the relationship between National Armies and the concept of national identity with particular reference to Army recruitment campaigns in Germany and Britain
… there has been a strong relationship between the military as a national institution and the concept of national identity, although in very different ways. This is because of the two nations’ experiences of the Second World War which, though military in nature, were shared by the entire population. …
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The Royal Navy and economic warfare in North America, 1812-1815
This study examines the evolution of offensive and defensive maritime economic warfare and the Royal Navy’s use of commercial and naval blockades and mercantile convoys during successive wars, particularly its successful use by Britain in the Anglo-American war of 1812-15. Its legality, tactical …
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Mikhail Tukhachevsky in the Russian Civil War
… His development of the “Deep Battle” military theory in the late 1920s and 1930s, the attendant mechanisation of the Red Army and his role in the development of the Soviet military/industrial complex have been well-researched. The “Tukhachevsky Affair”, the discussion surrounding his …
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Rebel Organizations, Force Structure, and the Dynamics of Violence in Armed Intrastate Conflicts
A burgeoning literature examines how armed groups’ force structure, i.e. who fights for them, and their external support contributes to conflict dynamics. Building on this, this thesis seeks to further our understanding of rebel organizations’ use of violence in civil war. Across four substantive …
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Land based air power or aircraft carriers? The British debate about maritime air power in the 1960s
… of foreign policy at the strategic level and the military operations that took place in this period have been especially well covered. However, the question of military strategic alternatives in this important era of British foreign policy has been less studied. This dissertation discusses such …
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Developing High Performance Linear Carangiform Swimming
This thesis examines the linear swimming motion of Carangiform fish, and investigates how to improve the swimming performance of robotic fish within the fields of kinematic modeling and mechanical engineering, in a successful attempt to replicate the high performance of real fish. Intensive …
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In the shadow of war: continuities and discontinuities in the construction of the masculine identities of British soldiers, 1914-1924
… versions of masculinities which emerged in military and medical discourses is examined. Returning to individual memoirs, the chapter examines how men produced their own representations of the shell shocked man contesting other versions. Chapters 3 and 4 focus their attention on the …
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Attitudes in Britain towards its Armed Forces and war 1960-2000
From the aftermath of Suez to the Kosovo campaign, Britain lost most of its colonies and ended up taking a moral interventionist stance on the world stage with the US its major ally. Against that contextual background, this thesis considers the attitudes in Britain towards its Armed Forces and war …
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“The teachers, they try to understand, they say they understand, but they really don’t” An exploration into the educational experiences of secondary school pupils from military families
The present study explores how service children and young people (CYP) experience education. Service CYP may experience multiple school transitions throughout their education as a result of frequent family relocations which can affect their academic attainment, emotional wellbeing and friendships. …
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