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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"modern war"”.
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Lethal Surveillance: Drones and the Geo-History of Modern War
… Surveillance: Drones and the Geo-History of Modern War, examines the history of drone technology from the start of the 20th century to the present in order to understand the significance of the increasing centrality of drones to current American military engagements and security practices …
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The External Conflict of Modern War Correspondents: Technology's Inevitable Impact on the Extinction of Nostalgic Combat Reporting
Through historical and content analyses of war coverage, this study qualitatively addresses emotional quality, use of sources, and implied use of technology to better understand the tension between Vietnam and Afghanistan war correspondents and their military counterparts. Early American democracy …
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Russian Information Operations in the Soviet Strategic Framework
… operations in the context of the nature of war. The examination includes historical and contemporary Russian publications on warfare, as well as information operations case studies from Eastern Europe, Georgia and Crimea. Russia’s operations are found to be consistent with a strategy of …
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Reconsideration of the Battle of Sandfontein : the first phase of the German South West Africa campaign, August to September 1914
… to analyse and explain how men endure in modern warfare, have been juxtaposed with numerous archival and secondary sources. Other issues concerning the first phase of the GSWA invasion, neglected or ignored in earlier historiography, have also received attention. These include the …
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Regime legitimacy and military resilience : lessons from World War II and Yugoslavia
… of troops to stay committed in combat. In modern war, dispersion of forces creates the need for a very high degree of troop commitment, making resilience more important than in previous forms of warfare. Resilient units do not disintegrate through desertion, and furthermore commit …
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DESIGNING A CURRICULUM FOR DIFFICULT HISTORY: TEACHERS, MUSEUM WORKERS, AND WAR PHOTOJOURNALISM
… integration of an art museum exhibition of modern war photojournalism into their Fall 2015 curricula by pursuing two research questions: How do high school teachers’ experience creating and teaching a curriculum built around traumatic historical photography? and In what ways does …
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Weaving Borders, Mapping Place: Afghan War Rugs of the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989)
Early Afghan war rugs delineate place through their pictorial design, embedding spatial memory into the tactile surface of the woven field. Emerging in the wake of the Soviet invasion in the late 1970s, these rugs integrate modern war iconography of tanks, helicopters, and maps into a medium …
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Irish Shipping Limited 1939-45 and its Influence on Irish Neutrality
The outbreak o f the second world war in Europe was an event which had been foreseen by many in Ireland, including the taoiseach Eamon de Valera, but had still been largely unprepared for. The country, which had been independent for less than twenty years, followed the only course o f action …
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In Memoir and Memory: US Servicewomen Narrating 21st Century Combat
… glimpses of the ways 21<sup>st</sup> century warfare impacted their experiences in the US military. With shifting “front lines,” the prevalence of improvised explosive devices, and the need for new search tactics, women participated in high rates of combat. Nevertheless, the combat exclusion …
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Ian Hamilton : a study in military biography and the literature of war, 1870-1914.
… and among the bibliophiles of the Victorian-Edwardian era and of The Great War. Even in those dwindling circles, however, the chances would be slight that recollection would extend beyond the vague thought that he was in some way connected with the campaign at Gallipoli. He was indeed. More …
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The Role of Women in High Leadership Positions in Minimizing or Preventing Interstate Conflict and War
… leadership positions lead to less conflict and war. This research aims to evaluate the conduct of female leaders during crises. It is impossible to prove that female pacifism creates a less conflicted system. However, it does contribute to the notion that a women-only leadership would be just as …