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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"global war"”.
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United States Army Elite Forces and the Global War on Terrorism
… on September 11, 2001 constituted an act of war against the United States. The perpetrators of these attacks against American symbols of military and economic might, which resulted in the death of over three thousand people, were not under the orders of a foreign government but rather a …
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The global war on terror memorial and the rhetoric of commemoration.
… plan to construct a national memorial for the Global War on Terror. It looks at three distinct areas of discourse relating to the project: the congressional debates over the memorial, the principles the memorial foundations declared that they hoped the final project would represent and …
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The Global War on Terrorism in the Context of Great Power Politics
… of September 11, the United States has declared war on international terrorism. The United States has described this war as a war against terrorist groups with a global reach; however, the actions of the United States indicate that this is a war against Islamic fundamentalists, extremists, and …
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Control, Detention and Torture in the So-called Global War on Terror
… conflict and counterterrorism in the so-called Global War on Terror, including the detention camps at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, the extraordinary rendition process, the CIA secret prison programme, the use of enhanced interrogation techniques, and the use of control orders as a …
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Terrorism and Africa : a study of Africa's response to the global war on terror
Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-56)
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Retention of U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officers Before and After the Global War on Terror (GWOT)
This thesis analyzes the effect of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) on the retention of Navy Surface Warfare Officers. Multivariate probit models are used to estimate the effects of commissioning source and other demographic variables on retention. The data set used was based on archival data …
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Beyond the trauma hero: the discourse of American war fiction from the Global War on Terror
… from Afghanistan, the last major theatre of war for post 9/11 veterans, marks a turning point for the United States. This new period of relative warlessness allows the nation to reflect on its collective experiences of the last 20 years of war and think critically about our actions and …
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An examination of mindfulness and cognitive interference in American veterans of the Global War on Terrorism
<p>Utilizing an internet-based research protocol, PTSD symptoms, mindfulness skills, and cognitive interference were assessed. Participants completed self-report measures of PTSD symptoms and mindfulness skills, and then completed an emotional Stroop task that contained words selected to induce …
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From global war to global cities : planning, art, and Post-WWII urban history in New York, Berlin, and Tokyo
Thinking about cities became increasingly global during and after WWII. 'Global' here refers to how, in the context of the war, the roles and meanings of cities in the world were beginning to be understood differently. This dissertation investigates urban histories since the 1940s in their …
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Errors in the Global War on Terror: A Strategic Analysis of the Failures of the U.S. in Deterring Al Qaeda
This thesis is an analysis of the Global War on Terrorism. It focuses mainly on how the United States is failing in this war and offers solutions so that the U.S. can begin to succeed. I chose this topic because throughout my graduate career I have never received a definitive answer regarding our …
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Paranoid politics : a comparison of the use of fear during the Cold War and the Global War on Terror using the paranoid style of American politics.
… in close proximity to each other. The Cold War pitted the United States against a fierce ideological competitor that pointed its weapons of mass destruction at the United States and its allies. Shortly after its demise, the new great threat to peace emerged in the form of terrorism. These …
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Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Preemptively Eradicating the Recruitment Pool For Radical Islamic Terrorist Organizations
As the American-spearheaded Global War on Terror continue, the United States and its allies must continue to evolve their counter-terrorism strategies to combat the long-term threat posed by Islamic fundamentalism. For the West, the most prolific component of the Global War on Terror is the …
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Veterans in higher education : an ethnographic study of veterans' higher education experience
… examined the higher education experience of six Global War on Terrorism combat Veterans, using two research questions: 1) How does a Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Veteran student perceive his/her educational experiences at a four year university? 2) What are the educational, emotional, and …
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Assumptions and Reality: The securitisation of human trafficking in Southern Africa
… security has changed since the end of the Cold War. A cursive look at our daily news headlines confirms that a plethora of phenomena are phrased in security terms. The 'drug on wars' and the 'global war on terrorism' are the most obvious examples. Trafficking in persons has also been elevated to …
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Stakeholder characteristics in rapid acquisition
… Urgent Operational Needs has exploded with the Global War on Terror and the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. The challenge to smaller urgent programs is the programs are not large enough to obtain top priority for all stakeholders. Even if the entire stakeholder landscape agreed to the urgency …
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The Culture of Conflict: Assessing the Effectiveness of Cultural Analysis in Operational Planning
With the changing dynamic of warfare in the post-Cold War world, different tools are being used to accomplish national security objectives and fulfill foreign policy goals. In the face of anti-terrorism campaigns that have led to violent and virulent insurgencies, the United States has looked to a …
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A reinterpretation of the Yalta Conference with particular emphasis on the role of Franklin D. Roosevelt
We know that World War II did not bring the lasting peace everyone hoped and assumed it would bring. The United States, along with other Western powers, now finds itself in a seeming life and death struggle with the Soviet Union and its satellites, with both sides arming for another possible global …
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The nexus between soft power and US foreign aid
… power, moreover, is more influential during the Global War on Terror as part of counterinsurgency measures to win the "hearts and minds" of the local population. Like-minded states are measured by their respect for citizens physical integrity rights, level of democratization, openness to trade, …
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Through the Eyes of the Post: American Media Coverage of the Armenian Genocide.
… twentieth century. In the context of the first global war, the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire were systematically persecuted and many eliminated while the world watched. Yet today, American memory and conception of the Armenian Genocide is remarkably different from similar historical events …
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