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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"military policy"”.
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Congress and Early Federalist Military Policy: An Examination of Defense Related Roll Calls in the Second United States Congress, 1792-1793
… of Representatives faced a set of challenging military and political problems when they met in November 1791. The issue of what would be the primary means of the young nation's defense had not yet been determined. The old British and colonial precedents of a militia as the first line of defense …
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Leashes or lemmings? : alliances as restraining devices
… a second ally not to proceed with a proposed military policy or not to continue an existing military policy - most definitely happens in international affairs, and sometimes it is successful. This study of alliance restraint suggests three central conclusions about alliances: 1) On both a …
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'When the people are made the enemy': Human Rights, Military Doctrine and the Path to Atrocity in Vietnam and El Salvador
… civilians in each war often bore the brunt of military operations designed to defeat the leftist insurgencies that had erupted in these countries. This thesis will examine why soldiers committed such war crimes in Vietnam and El Salvador. Inextricably linked by the presence of the United …
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The recruitment of the British Army 1807-1815
… and political restraints that impacted on its military policy. Within the context of these, Britain was committed to fighting Napoleon, and so came under the same pressures to expand the army and address the means of supplying such a force, although compared to the continent to a more limited …
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Exploitative friendships : manipulating asymmetric alliances
… states - i.e. states with significantly greater military capabilities - what explains differences in the junior party's approach to the alliance relationship? Why do some junior allies show their strong willingness to coordinate their military policy with their senior partner, whereas others …
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US strategic retrenchment and security-seeking behaviors of the US allies in Northeast Asia
… the level of its commitment to the pursuit of a military policy against its patron’s strategic interests. Empirical findings from the case study of the security-seeking behaviors of the US allies in Northeast Asia support the two research hypotheses. A reader may want to test the validity of the …
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The Skybolt Missile Cancellation: An Analysis of Foreign Policy Decision Making in the Kennedy Executive
… resulted primarily because of changing military policy instituted by the Kennedy administration and because of heightened disarmament efforts. It is also argued that the mechanics of decision making within the Kennedy executive contributed to the crisis atmosphere.
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Sino-American military relations determinants of policy and corresponding military responsiveness
… and cooperation. Further examination of U.S. military relations policy displaces these casual observations in favor of explanations based on more complex domestic political agendas and bureaucratic politics in the DoD that led to more enduring changes in policy and implementation. This …
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Response to an experiment: the Sandinista model of socialism and the US policy towards it
The current policy of the Reagan administration is designed to overthrow the Sandinist system in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan revolution has produced a fascinating model of Socialism, in which the Sandinistas are trying to combine elements of pragmatic Marxism, Catholic humanism and revolutionary …
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Images as Defense Policy Determinants in the Soviet-American Military Relationship Since 1945
… images of the strategic environment on defense policy and its formulation. This objective is accomplished by comparing the structure of Soviet and American military thought in the context of their respective strategic cultures. While ethnocentrism is reflected in both systems, its impact is …
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Imagined Contested Spaces: The Imaging of the Patagonian Region (1840-1881)
… Argentina while the United States had chosen a military policy to expand its control of western lands (1865-1890), similar to the Argentine policy for controlling northern and southern lands.
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A cascade of failures: the U.S. Army and the Japanese-American internment decision in World War II
… This dissertation studies the formation of the military policy that led to the Second World War internment of Japanese-Americans and the transformation of a reluctant American Army into an agent of a xenophobic West Coast civilian populace through external pressure, poor planning, and false …
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Comics and Conflict: War and Patriotically Themed Comics in American Cultural History From World War Ii Through the Iraq War
… of protest against United States foreign and military policy. During the country's most recent wars, however, patriotism has made a comeback, at the same time that the grim realties of combat are depicted more realistically than ever before.</p>
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British Military Thinking, 1902-1914
… War (1899-1902) and August 1914 were a period of military reform for Britain. As a result of Army errors and deficiencies, the military came under criticism and ultimately reform. The Army was transformed from an unwieldy conglomeration of units into an expandable striking force ready for overseas …
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The British Army in Ireland 1961-1921 : a social and cultural history
… and corroborate 'received' views of the military's role in the conflict. Previous accounts have tended to cast the military in a peripheral role; this study restores troops to the centre ground. In so doing, it will demonstrate that soldiers had a crucial role to play in shaping both …
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Lord Lansdowne at the War Office (1895-1900)
… tell us about late Victorian politics, civil-military relations, the reform discourse, the late Victorian Army and the war in South Africa? This is an especially relevant subject of historical study for two reasons: firstly Lansdowne as Secretary of State for War and a representative of his …
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Trans and Genderqueer Military Service Member-Veterans: An Acculturation Phenomenology of Civilian Reintegration
<p>As United States military policy continues to evolve and affirm the accession and retention of trans and genderqueer (TGQ) service members, more TGQ people will join and ultimately separate from military service. Reintegration is a term that represents the experience of beginning to separate …
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Sweden and the Yugoslav Wars, 1991-2001
… into three broad subcategories(diplomacy, military, and migration) over six chapters. The dissertation argues that Sweden’s post-Cold War foreign policy, military policy, and refugee migration practices can be traced to the country’s response to the Yugoslav Wars and that Sweden’s overt …
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