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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"WW II"”.
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Remembering
… war, prosperity, economic depression, and post-WW II America. The stories are influenced by the minimalism of Raymond Carver in particular; by the emphasis that such writers as Wendell Berry and George Mackay Brown place upon geography; by the exploration of human and, in particular, family …
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Yugoslav war cinema : shooting a nation which no longer exists
From its inception following World War II, Yugoslav war cinema played a major role in representing and challenging the discourse of the nation. Films depicting the Partisan war experience during the "national war of liberation", the foundational narrative of socialist Yugoslavia, played a …
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At the Crossroads Commercial Music and Community Experience The Quonset Auditorium - A Roadhouse on the Dixie Highway
… and country musicians in the post-World War II era (1947- 1959), illustrates the important role of roadhouses during a time of growth and change in popular music. It situates memories and experiences from the Quonset Auditorium in relation to regional and national movements of the day such as …
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James Earl Rudder: A Lesson in Leadership
… work. Chapter 1 discusses Rudder's life prior to WW II, emphasizing particular characteristics that benefited his leadership ability. Chapter 2 examines the 2nd Ranger Battalion's transformation under Rudder's leadership and guidance. Chapter 3 chronicles the 2nd Ranger Battalion's assault on the …
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Decreasing Social Isolation: Combining Narrative Therapy and Art Therapy in Supporting Veterans
… a brief overview of mental illness during WW I & WW II, current mental illness issues in the military, social isolation, and suicide and their correlation with mental illness, the benefits of social support, and how narrative and art therapy can rehabilitate individuals with mental illness …
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Economic Origins of the Cold War? An Examination of the Carryover Costs of World War Ii to the Soviet People
Although the total real cost of World War II to the Soviet Union has yet to be fully measured, there is no doubt that the economic cost of the war imposed a tremedous burden upon the Soviet people, both in absolute terms and relative to other participants. Calculations by various methods yield …
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The Effect of the Military Character of Discharge on Reintegration into the Civilian Community: A Phenomenological Study
… the number of “Other Than Honorable” COD since WW II and VA’s stringent guidelines in disbursing benefits leave many without benefits. Known as Veterans with “bad papers”, this population is over represented in Veteran homelessness, suicide, PTS, TBI, depression, anxiety, Military Sexual Assault …
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Tracing the Development of East African Community on Peace and Security
… analyzes the theories of security community post WW II in conjunction with the development of the East African Community Security Protocol. This thesis also employs the theories of Participatory Budgeting (PB) and ground up approach as models for strengthening state and East African Civil Society …
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Shifting alliances and fairweather friends: Luso-American relations, 1941--1951
… Defense Assistance Program.</p><p>Up until WW II, Portugal's oldest ally had been Great Britain. Beginning in 1373, their alliance brought them commercial, political, and military benefits. Though never abandoning her commitments to Great Britain during WWII, the reality of Portugal's …
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Public policy and the Quebec aerospace sector
… to as "industrial policy". Since the end of WW II, governments in most developed and some developing countries have oriented their industrial policy programs to promote the growth of high technology industries within their borders. Such industries are seen to offer benefits which spread …
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Gender, genre and globalization : discourses of "Femininity" in the popular culture of the 1990's
… genres and narrative preoccupations of post-WW II American popular culture to ironize the gender roles and social relations of these earlier representations. Other crime narratives raised the question of gender stability thematically, as an issue related to shifts in social roles, often …
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Policy and Approach for Addressing the Military – Media Tension
Media coverage of Post-World War II military conflicts resulted in a reorganization of war coverage procedures. The predominant reason for the reorganization is the tension created within the organizational program that constantly sets one subgroup against another. This study is interested in the …
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A History of the Outplacement Industry 1960-1997 from Job Search Counseling to Career Management: A New Curriculum of Adult Learning
… and delivered by Bernard Haldane following WW II to assist veterans with their reentry into the post war workplace. In the 1960s, entrepreneurs expanded Haldane's service to include consulting with corporate managers on how to terminate employees, remove them from corporate payrolls and …
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Modernism and professionalism in American architecture, 1919-1933
… of European artists and intellectuals before to WW II. This study has two parts. In Part One, it examines first the canons of Beaux-Arts Classicism and their gradual dissolution after World War I under the pressure of criticism from writers such as Ralph Adams Cram, Louis Sullivan and Lewis …
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The Final Ambush : An Adapted Battlefield Analysis of the U-576 Attack Upon Allied Convoy KS-520 off Cape Hatteras During the Second World War
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest, largest, and most complex military action of the Second World War. The battle involved Allied, Axis, and neutral nations, resulting in both military and civilian casualties. At various times throughout the battle certain areas became centers of activity. …